TikTok is testing a subscription plan, costing $4.99 per month, that would remove ads from the short-format video content platform.
  • PolarEnglish
    114·
    2 years ago

    Obviously. I predicted this on Mastodon months ago when they started adding ads right in the middle of videos.

    Piss people off and they’ll pay to disable ads. There’s nothing that competes with TikTok right now.

    • Schal330@lemmy.worldEnglish
      131·
      2 years ago

      Charge people to go ad-free. Keep increasing the sub price over time, then provide a lower cost version with minimal ads.

      • PolarEnglish
        1013·
        2 years ago

        Tiktok and YouTube are my only sources of entertainment. I’m okay paying for both.

        Especially since both allow for anyone to upload as much as they want without limits or fees. Hosting that much data isn’t cheap.

        Obviously the FOSS users will downvote me, as they believe everything should be free and unlimited.

          • PolarEnglish
            78·
            2 years ago

            And Lemmy users think everything should be free, without ads, like bandwidth and storage are free.

            But I’m glad being fine with paying for my entertainment is defeatist. Go back to your torrents, poor boy.

            • zeroxxx@lemmy.my.idEnglish
              72·
              2 years ago

              Agreed. Some people have this moronic attitude that everything comes for free.

              • PolarEnglish
                12·
                2 years ago

                How is it a red flag to view content on two of the biggest websites?

                You’re a 🤡

                  • PolarEnglish
                    11·
                    2 years ago

                    Lemmy is great at making their own shit up.

                    Where did I say that’s my whole life? You’re insane.