Netflix is launching its own ad tech platform only a year and a half after entering the advertising business.
I used to be excited by new things in tech but all I can think is “what the fuck now”
Please tell me its not just me getting old
Even at a lower level, i use to see “update” and think oo what feature or functionality has come out?
Now its like “fuck im forced to update, what feature are they removing or putting behind a paywall now”
It’s only logical. They already show ads. When they run their own ad tech stack, they cut out the middle man and earn all the money themselves.
Sure it takes a bit of work to get customers and such, but when you’re a company of that size with that many customers, it shouldn’t be that hard.
you’re right, everything sucks now. literally everything is about stuffing ads in your face and spying on you. on top of taking your money of course.
It’s not just you getting old. Tech and products in general have been getting worse for years now. They don’t try to make amazing products any more. A select few companies have cornered the entire market in every single industry, so now their goal is to make a product that extracts the absolute maximum profit.
Well, this sounds terrible
It’s like their password sharing crackdown made people accuse them of being out of touch and they respond like “out of touch? Us?! Lmao, watch this!”
I am outraged as well, but arguably this is competition, and how many corpos with deep pockets can legitimately fight Google/Amazon without going broke. This feels like loss but with a really strong silver lining.
Surely competition will make advertising better for consumers!
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I mean they’d be a lot less likely to be acting that way if their password sharing crackdown hadn’t worked like a charm. Netflix’s margins went way up after they did that.
Pretty sure Netflix doesn’t give a fuck what people accuse them of as long as their books look good.
Yay, another billions of dollars invested in new ways to show me ads.
