> > And convincing people to sign up for a subscription when that is objectively terrible for the consumer is marketing.
> I see. So my Netflix subscription is terrible for me?
The parent's sentence is a "X when Y is marketing", and you are dropping the when clause completely. In fact, Netflix is probably one of the objectively best examples of subscriptions helping in some areas.
Since you ended with a question, let me do the same: Out of all the subscription packages, be it Manscaped monthly men's trimming tools, Hello Fresh, Office 365 subscriptions, Paramount Plus... can you consider one of them being objectively terrible for the consumer, and thus fulfill the when clause of parent's post?
None of those interest me, and so I don't subscribe. None of the things I subscribe to I consider terrible. I can't imagine why you'd choose to subscribe to something that is objectively terrible for you, or, even worse, renew such a subscription.
> I see. So my Netflix subscription is terrible for me?
The parent's sentence is a "X when Y is marketing", and you are dropping the when clause completely. In fact, Netflix is probably one of the objectively best examples of subscriptions helping in some areas.
Since you ended with a question, let me do the same: Out of all the subscription packages, be it Manscaped monthly men's trimming tools, Hello Fresh, Office 365 subscriptions, Paramount Plus... can you consider one of them being objectively terrible for the consumer, and thus fulfill the when clause of parent's post?