Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash - eviltoast
  • nieceandtows@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    The only backlash they listen to is the one to their wallets. Remember Netflix password crackdown backlash?

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      11 months ago

      The backlash where Netflix’s profit went up and it was generally a success and Netflix didn’t change anything at all…?

      Or was there another one I missed? Or am I confused?

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        11 months ago

        That’s exactly my point. All this ‘widespread backlash’ doesn’t amount to anything unless it hurts their bottom line. There was a huge backlash when netflix introduced password sharing crackdown, but it ended up a success for them.

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          11 months ago

          Oh, I didn’t get what you meant I guess because people kept saying they were cancelling their accounts, I didn’t think of it as a non-action backlash.

          There, of course, weren’t really that many people upset or cancelling

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      11 months ago

      Sounds like we need to get the ELF and the RTR folks on a conference call.