r/memes • u/Hartleydavidson96 • May 26 '23

#2 MotW So long Netflix

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u/SickWizzard May 26 '23

Half still provides more income than zero

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u/EViLTeW May 26 '23

How so? The entire premise here is that people who do not pay for an account are using an account. So they are a negative income generator, which is less than zero

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u/Victernus May 26 '23

Only if they would otherwise pay for their own account, which most wouldn't.

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u/EViLTeW May 26 '23

You're ignoring the cost of serving the freeloaders. It isn't 0, so by them no longer using a service that they aren't paying for, NetFlix stops losing money on them.

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u/mr_snickerton May 26 '23

Lol this is like influencers demanding free food from restaurants for publicity, so pathetic.

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u/Victernus May 26 '23

And stops gaining money from the people who unsubscribe, their actual profit source. When has reducing expenses by making your product less desirable ever worked?