I had the same thought. I think that it was slightly different in the age of paper publications and cable though because there was no alternatives. Now, everyone runs their own streaming service, and until all of them decide to also run ads (a la the cable company of yore), theres still some shred of consumer choice. The aggressive nature of exclusive content and licensing puts a lot of leverage on that perceived choice though, and content/service bundling (prime) do as well, which i figure factors in to peoples acceptance of ads on prime video.
Even that aside, it may just be consumers not caring or wvwn liking ads. I have a friend who refuses to even consider ad blocking because he claims to enjoy ads (bizarre to me, but he did major in digital marketing and has expressed his enjoyment of it).
Didn't mean to imply one person funds the whole thing out of their pocket, but it's likely that the chairman, Paul Sagan, is both giving a ton and recruiting a lot of other wealthy people. Maybe a quarter or less of revenue comes from donations <$10K. That's not uncommon, but I don't think it's how most non-profits are funded. Either way, my point is that they could not sustain themselves as a for-profit business by just selling ads or subscriptions. And they are very much dependent on staying in the good graces of a small handful of people.
Yes! I remember that one too. The contractor had it choreographed down to almost the minute so that prep work for a piece would finish minutes before that piece arrived.
Needless to say, California takes their freeway repair seriously when it is a critical artery through a major metro.
Wow, that's quite the downsizing! Evernote at one point occupied all 5 floors of that building and their new HQ looks like a single level over retail shops. I guess it makes sense with the move to remote work.
At least from the Indian experience, I’d wager that tons of iPhones from the US find their way into other countries because it’s way cheaper to get it from there than pay local prices that may include higher customs duties, higher (than US) taxes, etc. It’s possible that a lot of iPhones in Cambodia are/were originally sold in the US.
Not the first time this has been tried to Asian Carp [0], other rebrands have included "silverfin" and "Kentucky Tuna" (yes really). Though apparently, some took legal issue with the latter [1].
Names like "Kentucky Tuna" are dangerous for public health safety reasons.
If you want to re-brand a freshwater fish, please use other freshwater fish names, don't let people to assume it's a saltwater fish which can be eaten raw or slightly cured.
Yeah, I’m a new Sonic customer and got their 10gbit service. $40/mo beats any of the other three providers pricing for much lower bandwidth.
However, I only have a gigabit router, so most of that isn’t utilized, assuming that’s true for all my neighbors as well (Sonic’s only offering here is 10gbit)
Just think of it as future proofing, like installing higher rated cabling in a house than you'll use initially. The cost isn't any more for you to have 10Gbit in this case, so for you it's just knowing that you could buy more equipment for your end at any time to use it if you needed, and not have to wait for a service change. :)
