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Sure, customers are allowed to gripe, I'm not trying to tell the OP he isn't allowed to gripe, just that his gripes are not very realistic.



Furthermore, your PBS example doesn't count: PBS is not a company, they're a non-profit that survives off donations and government funding. If you like their app, you should really consider making a donation.


PBS is a corporation. Just because a corporation is non-profit does not mean it doesn't count. See also: Wikipedia.

Regarding donations: I didn't say content should be free. My second example was Netflix after all. I said that having ad-free on-line children's programming is possible technically and economically.




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