> But the public has spoken, again and again, with multiple goods. All that matters is price.
People say that, every time this discussion comes up, but never with any proof.
People buy OLED TVs with four-figure price tags. If those had a "pay $100 more and never see an ad" option, many people would pay for that.
The Kindle e-book reader still has both ad-supported and non-ad-supported models. The non-ad-supported options cost ~$20 (a bit less than 20%) more. Those still sell well enough to be worth selling both models.
Some people buy expensive OLEDs, but I suspect as a percentage of TV sales it’s quite low. As I said there can be a high end niche but it’s not going to be the majority.
All Kindles (except the kids model and the Signature Edition) have ads. Removing ads is basically an IAP which you can pre-buy at order time.
However we don’t know how popular that option is, so it’s not a terribly useful argument. All we do know is it’s not popular enough that they have given up and made them all ad free again.
People say that, every time this discussion comes up, but never with any proof.
People buy OLED TVs with four-figure price tags. If those had a "pay $100 more and never see an ad" option, many people would pay for that.
The Kindle e-book reader still has both ad-supported and non-ad-supported models. The non-ad-supported options cost ~$20 (a bit less than 20%) more. Those still sell well enough to be worth selling both models.