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by anon98356 1939 days ago
As I said in my second line, in the case of Netflix, I don't think this applies. Their business model has always been to charge users for content.

However when looking at the rise in the number of papers going behind a paywall like the NY times, there is an argument to be made that this is being driven by the fact it is no longer viable to run an ad supported business because Google and Facebook have control of too much of the market