Locking you in as a paying customer.
The ironic thing is that Netflix was supposed to end commercials, but it didn’t.
Oh, that fake promise goes back much further, to the very dawn of cable tv.
Cable TV was supposed to end commercials but didn’t.
That was cable TV’s promise as well. And the movie channels, and Youtube. As soon as a large number of folks start using digital services, those services become paid subscriptions if you want commercial free. Then once the public is majority on those services, the fees go up and the ads start.
EVERY TIME! Look at your new CAR!
Well it was never “Free”. Broadcasting was paid for by advertising, and that was paid for, the cost rolled into the price of all that stuff we buy. We paid for it, just not directly.
Cable TV big selling point when it was rolled out nationwide was “No commercials!”. That didn’t last too long. Now they get $200+ a month plus endless offensive commercials too. People pay money, a lot of money, to watch commercials.
Pretty neat trick if you think about it.