alt Hacker NewsThis line of argument would make sense if they did allow paying customers who don't see ads to disable these anti-features. They don't.
This line of argument would make sense if they did allow paying customers who don't see ads to disable these anti-features. They don't.
It's still a fine argument for that case, you've just moved yourself out of it. They still have an incentive to keep you addicted to the service, which is basically the point of Shorts, "so you keep paying us money to satisfy your addiction" instead of the first case's "so you keep watching ads that pay us money to satisfy your addiction"