You know, I can agree with this, especially interstitial ads that break the flow of the show (note that is all of broadcast and cable TV). You know your preferences, and you shop as an informed consumer. I think the impetus for my earlier comment was the entitled attitude.
Or did Uber just have a huge checkbook and such a small marginal value for dollars they were happy to blow a few million dollars to slow down Google and Apple, with the completely speculative objective of maybe developing some product at some point.
umm... uber doesn't compete with google and apple. if google or apple did autonomous car breakthroughs then uber would benefit.
what if they ran ads instead of raising prices? would you pay more for an ad-free Netflix?
Consider this; if there were no adverts would you still be able to discover new products to purchase? Of COURSE you would! I find new shit on Amazon every time I visit! No one needs to force feed me any adverts for this to occur.
Umm, the reason companies pay for ads is so you discover _their_ products and services, not the ones that amazon shows you. And hint hint, amazon is showing you what they want to influence your purchase of specific items, just like an ad does. As far as I know, amazon does this to boost their own revenue, but nothing is stopping them from letting companies pay for placement...
it's not necessarily double dipping. it could be half dipping for the subscription fee, half dipping for the ads. In total there is one full dip.
This is how magazines have been for 100 years, whether you buy them with a subscription or at the newsstand. Over time, a rich industry developed around this half/half dipping approach that resulted in a rich variety of content for people. you could get a fishing magazine, a mag on woodworking, on concrete, Indiana news, everything could work.
it's not an interently evil business model, it's just another business model.
I cannot comprehend this entitled attitude. on cable tv you see ads. in a magazine or newspaper you see ads. before movies you see ads. during movies you see ad placements. so it's not like Netflix is proposing a crazy new concept, to show you an ad even though you pay a subscription. why so angry bro?
To be fair, the biggest complaint against the Star Trek movie was that they turned it into a rip off of Star Wars. But it was a great rip off!
if it's a mix of star trek, mission impossible III and alias then we're in good shape.
But, in CS at least, grants cover a ton of travel. To publish in CS, you have to go to the conferences you're publishing in, unlike the rest of science which just has journals. That more than makes up for the lack of bonuses as far as fringe benefits go
no no no no no. I take it you don't have to travel for work? I find it one of the worst aspects of my job, and definitely not a "perk" let alone a benefit that offsets cash.
typically, the first step in convicting someone of a crime is to identify who did the crime. Second step, arrest that person. So it makes sense to try to identify the person who made the malware.
non sequiter, it was kinda funny that the silk road guy went by the name 'dread pirate roberts', but nobody came along to pick up the name and keep it going. Ruins the point?
Okay, what other issues should I decide my vote on? In what way are people different?
I'm pretty sure a black hole is shaped like a pair of butt cheeks, with hands spreading it apart...
to be fair, there's a 50/50 chance that star wars VII could be pretty good...
North-american public = only likes "amerikacentric" films with many bimbos and car explosions sequences
yes please!
how would you recommend I make my decision. I guess I could vote for hill-bush-rub-chris. he/she is a great choice.
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