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Yes, true. Gain traction through piracy to get to an immense size, let everyone use the service for free to grow even larger, introduce ads but only easily blockable ones, then slowly tighten the vise.



From my understanding, this is the exact model Crunchyroll used too to gain a virtual monopoly on anime streaming.




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