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Encouraging Netflix Earnings, Continuing Questions, and How the Model Might Evolve

Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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The Ultimate Monetization Model Is Ads

The ultimate monetization model is it always will be advertising. How much can you really charge for an ad free version if you're also giving it away? I mean, again, maybe five, 10 years down the road, this is something that might make sense or maybe some aspect is free. The only way would ever make sense to get into sports as if the stuff was free. It shouldn't just be the lowest tier with the crappiest offering. They should want more people on their ad tiers.

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