Uber is another example of an app that is actively hostile when I want to take a screenshot. Let's say I'm calling a call for someone and want them to know what car it is, driver's info, etc. Uber doesn't let me do that, I have to "share" the result with someone.

The workaround is letting that person take a photo of my phone, which is lower quality.

Even if the transcription was instantaneous, you'd still need to manually vet it, i.e. listen to all of it.

There's skill in being able to manage a declining or non-growth business in a way that still pleases your consumer base (and therefore reduces your attrition rate). Not everyone does it well.

What you said is not synonymous with “maximize what they can get in the final stage of decline.”.

Is the statement in the linked article that "The Internet Movie Database functions as a loss leader for the e-commerce giant" backed up somewhere?

IMDB offers both Pro Subscriptions. IMDB offers data licenses that the company claims are licensed "to a wide selection of businesses including movie studios, cable companies, websites, video retailers, software developers, electronics manufacturers, mobile applications, and more."[1]

IMDB offers advertising and has 250M visitors per month.[2]

None of these point to the likelihood that IMDB is a loss leader.

1 = https://help.imdb.com/article/imdb/general-information/conte... 2 = https://advertising.amazon.com/channels/imdb

It was initially purchased as a vehicle to drive customers to Amazon's DVD sales business. I think it's monetized itself pretty well since then, though.

It now drives the "actors in this scene" feature in Amazon Prime.

Turn 1 Swamp, Dark Ritual into Hypnotic still a magnificent play and one that used cheaper cards in its time (vs. a Mox or something similar).

I've been using Genius Scan for ~15 years and it also lets you send faxes (via credits you buy). My phone works for 99% of my use cases.

Hisense has never operated at the top end of the spectrum. They can sell these TVs for $1000 because they're buying the cheapest panels that the actual high-end TVs aren't using.

This is likely either a YouTube/Roku channel that shows relaxing images but monetizes them via ads.

This product exists because it's fun.

The UFCW claims they represent at least 800,000 grocery workers across the US.

I had a job as a union worker in a supermarket, and am glad that's still available to others.

https://www.ufcw.org/actions/campaign/albertsons-and-safeway...