Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete
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Netflix, once a pioneer of ad-free viewing that offered a break from traditional TV norms, is now contemplating launching free ad-supported versions of its service in markets like Europe and Asia, Bloomberg reported.
The plans to offer a free ad-supported tier, albeit in select markets, suggests that pivot towards monetizing user data, in other words — making users and not the extensive library of award-winning shows a product, might be well in the pipeline.
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I worked at Radio Shack in 2012 for a few months and was told by my boss that if a customer wasn't there to buy a cell phone, be as little help to them as possible.
That's heartbreaking. Radio Shack was so fun, while it lasted.
It's a shame they went under during the rise of the maker movement. What an asset they could have been. I remember they started carrying arduino near the end and thought somebody must have tried to reach for their roots. Too little, too late.
I had quit in October of that year because I found a much better job that I ended up working at for 11 years. In those few short months though it was wild all the things that happened in that store. That store was in a mall and it didn't last a year after I quit. They had a going out of business sale and I got a ton of arduino stuff for 75% off.