Ads Offer Netflix Flexibility: Phillips Securities' Wang
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With growth slowing, Netflix leaning harder on ad-backed offerings means attention — not subscriptions — is the primary constraint. Any content or app competing for evening screen time should assume more ad inventory, more experimentation with formats, and faster swings in customer acquisition costs.
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