• trailing9@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    You look at it backwards. It’s ‘watch ads to avoid paying’.

    Paying is the default way to buy something.

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      1 year ago

      Well, it’s the default way of paying for physical objects and professional services.

      It hasn’t really been the default way of paying for online services.

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        1 year ago

        That’s the problem if you want professional online services. Being the product should be the weird option.