Rather than paying for that wasted data, there should be a service that lets you pay the sites displaying the ads directly – like an internet tax going to sites you visit. Problem solved. And it would cut ad providers out of the loop.
The enshittification of the subscription model here is a gradual increase in ads until you have no choice to purchase on mobile because otherwise your data is tanked. Subscriptions work for now; they might not in the future.
Rather than paying for that wasted data, there should be a service that lets you pay the sites displaying the ads directly – like an internet tax going to sites you visit. Problem solved. And it would cut ad providers out of the loop.
The enshittification of the subscription model here is a gradual increase in ads until you have no choice to purchase on mobile because otherwise your data is tanked. Subscriptions work for now; they might not in the future.
Are you saying there is a risk that they would salami-slice their way back to having ads even on the subscription, as happened with YT premium?