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Re:Ask HN: Why is Google Premium not a thing? by firloop on Saturday May 14, 2022 @12:45PM (#31379754)
Advertising CPMs vary wildly between geographies and demographics. GP’s point is still valid: even if average global revenue is $10/mo/user, the average revenue of the group that would pay $10/mo is likely much higher.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Google Premium not a thing? by MichaelZuo on Saturday May 14, 2022 @07:24PM (#31383707)
Yeah, I can easily imagine a 90th percentile user in North America is worth closer to $100 per month. Which answers the OP’s question.

And its likely a Pareto curve too.

So a 99th percentile user could be worth $1000 per month, 99.9th percentile worth $10000 per month, etc.

I imagine they would only take the risk to offer such a premium service when they can figure out how to get everyone to upload their payslips and bank account statements.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Google Premium not a thing? by atom_arranger on Saturday May 14, 2022 @10:59PM (#31384886)
It is possible people who would pay to remove ads are also people who are less susceptible to them in the first place. No idea if that’s true though.
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