[matt74827289]

Physical stores have the means to make it close-to impossible to shoplift goods from their store by investing in security, but they chose not to.

Clearly they believe that shoplifters still provide net-positive value to them.

Which is obviously bs, just because they don't stop you from doing it doesn't make it a net positive from them. It could just as likely mean that the time and effort to stop it is more expensive than the losses they would incur.

They are offering you a service with two options to pay for the service. Either by watching ads or paying a subscription. You are choosing to consume the content without paying.

[eulerian]

I'm also paying them with my user data. They use this data to generate insights and make more products that make them more money. It's very easy to overlook how much you are paying through your user behaviour.