[gdne]

What this says to me is that people really love content with no ads and are willing to pay for it.

[GFischer]

Netflix really hits a sweet spot pricing-wise too.

I dread the time when they become cable-ified and start adding different tiers (but it would make good economic sense).

I've been told Cable TV didn't have ads at the beginning.

[doctorshady]

Neither did Youtube.

[nols]

I think everyone knew that Youtube would have to add ads eventually to monetize. Cable was originally an ad-free subscription.

[chimeracoder]

> I dread the time when they become cable-ified and start adding different tiers (but it would make good economic sense).

Netflix themselves have said many times that this is antithetical to their business model - they want to have a single price for streaming.

They may end up being forced to do this by the cable companies, but this is certainly not their goal if they have their way.