Re: MS is doomed... any year now

On 2024-04-27, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:21:54 -0000 (UTC), Simon wrote:
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On 2024-04-27, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:20:58 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:07:10 -0000 (UTC), Simon wrote:
 

Netflix also think is it acceptable.

 
Netflix at least is giving you something new each time you use it.
Microsoft is wanting you to pay over and over for the same old thing.

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Perhaps I've been lucky but so far the ad supported Netflix model has
had infrequent ads with one ad per break and a mix of ads. Amazon's
FreeVee will feature the same damn Liberty Mutual and obscure drug ads
over and over every 10 minutes.

 
I don't mind them offering ads and an adfree rate, but it was sneaky
they put all the prices up to make the advert price fit in.

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I was on the DVD plan until the bitter end so going to the ad supported
streaming version was less expensive. The catch is with DVDs I could watch
'Midsommer Murders', 'Line of Duty', 'Blue Bloods' and so forth. With
streaming it's  'You need a BritBox, Acorn TV, and Paramount+, etc
subscription'.

I have seen that on other things too, always need something else to continue how
you used to, and for only a little more than you used to pay :-(
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Simon

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