I mean even ignoring the philanthropic take, it’s just straight up worth my time to pay for the services. It’d be stupid not to.
An hour of my work time in a month pays for Max, Spotify, Hulu (with ads), Netflix, and YouTube. I’d be spending more time than an hour to go through other methods.
And to put it in perspective I’m only in the top 20% of US households. Tens of millions of Americans are making this call even easier than I am. There’s definitely a wage gap forming and it’s interesting to see streaming be at the forefront of it.
If only the FTC didn’t sit on its ass for the last 40 years
That’s more on the money than you think. Microsoft mostly won because the FTC didn’t clamp down on Sony being anticompetitive which “forced” Microsoft to make these acquisitions. This situation is bad, but the alternative with Sony exclusivity deals all over the place was worse.
Windows licensing doesn’t have enforcement. If there weren’t police plenty of people would drive without a license.
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