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Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] 32 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The only backlash they listen to is the one to their wallets. Remember Netflix password crackdown backlash?

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    The backlash where Netflix's profit went up and it was generally a success and Netflix didn't change anything at all...?

    Or was there another one I missed? Or am I confused?

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    That's exactly my point. All this 'widespread backlash' doesn't amount to anything unless it hurts their bottom line. There was a huge backlash when netflix introduced password sharing crackdown, but it ended up a success for them.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Oh, I didn't get what you meant I guess because people kept saying they were cancelling their accounts, I didn't think of it as a non-action backlash.

    There, of course, weren't really that many people upset or cancelling

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It felt like there were a lot of us who cancelled, but clearly not enough

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    How do you know that? Who told you? Remember it pays to lie.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I cancelled. 👍

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