Op-ed: Apps promised to free us from ad-supported subscription bundles. Oops!
For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.
Sounds a lot like when people say they use Spotify to “support the artist” when a single t-shirt sale gives them more money than ten thousand plays ever do. If I really want to support a show, I’ll leave a review online, but I won’t compromise my already tight budget to pay some billion-dollar company on the hopes that my subscription will trickle-down to the content creators.
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Sounds a lot like when people say they use Spotify to “support the artist” when a single t-shirt sale gives them more money than ten thousand plays ever do. If I really want to support a show, I’ll leave a review online, but I won’t compromise my already tight budget to pay some billion-dollar company on the hopes that my subscription will trickle-down to the content creators.
Imma buy a t-shirt when shipping to Ukraine is available