• locuester ( locuester@lemmy.zip ) 
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    7 months ago

    If people invested $1.50/mo into NFLX stock every month in addition to paying the subscription, it would have net out to be free over the past 10 years.

    I’d you can’t beat them, join them. It’s a public investment market.

      • locuester ( locuester@lemmy.zip ) 
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        7 months ago

        Saruman wasn’t supposed to be a role model, true. But neither was the guy complaining about rising prices from his couch while the free market delivered infinite content on demand.

        I can hate the game and offer advice on how to play at the same time.

    • wabasso ( wabasso@lemmy.ca ) 
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      7 months ago

      This is high risk though. The company could underperform or be unexpectedly overcome by competition. Also when should one exit the position to reap that bargain?

      This should also be applied to all publicly traded companies that one uses and enjoys, but is that appropriate? I guess that’s basically just a prompt for people to invest in the market broadly, as they should be anyway.

      I’m going to think on this more.