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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

If it's called NASA Plus, how is it free? The "plus" means it goes a step beyond their free content and into a paid tier.

Don't get me wrong this is absolutely fantastic I adore NASA and space, but they're just be some hidden cost? Otherwise it wouldn't be a streaming service called NASA Plus, right?

[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The “plus” means it goes a step beyond their free content and into a paid tier.

Notepad++ enters the chat

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's actually Notepad+, plus it's free

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, it is Notepad++ and it is called like that because it is written in C++.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you sure C++ isn't just C+, plus it's free?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They say it's free but that's how they get ya. It'll only cost your soul!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe the real cost was the friends we lost along the way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks like they refer to adding their Science wing into the streaming, too.

In this crazy capitalist world peiple started forgetting that public services can be free, like, for real :D

[–] DaCrazyJamez 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

*Paid for with taxes, not free.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That goes without saying.

It's free for the end consumer and everyone knows that it is paid with taxes. So saying free is just easier.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

But the Libertarians always have to say it. Nevermind that anything free from a corporation is paid for though advertising, or selling your data, or folded into the item cost, or future purchases, so by this strict definition that “someone is paying for it” means literally nothing is ever free.

It has to be said EVERY TIME someone mentions that public services are offered at no charge.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

If I need to pay taxes anyway, at least I prefer to have the investment returned back to me in some way, and this seems like a nice way to do so.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jokes on you, I'm not an American so it really is free for me!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well it's free for me!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Everyone knows that... that's what they mean by free, free to use. Why do you think people don't know this? Did you just figure it out or something? Are you seriously that slow?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think everyone sat down and agreed to that being what plus means. It's like labeling food as organic, it means nothing. It's just a name. Odd thing to obsess over, you'll get nowhere trying to understand marketing people, just let it go.

What they are adding is a more condensed experience accessing NASA content and making it easier for casual viewers to access. The more people paying attention to science the better. I think this is a fantastic move from NASA

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Compared to the standards for organic in civilized countries, that's basically nothing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You realize I can slap the word organic on anything, and it isn’t using the certified organic label… right? Want some “organic ATX motherboards?” I gotchu.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you're not afraid of the legal system why not slap a Disney logo on there too?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you know how many companies use just organic, and not "usda certified organic"

Most

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like how confident you are about your answer.

However, perusing the USDA website one comes across this set of "strongly" worded guidelines:

"Can a product be labeled “organic” without being certified? If you make a product and want to claim that it or its ingredients are organic, your final product probably needs to be certified."

"If you are not certified, you must not make any organic claim on the principal display panel or use the USDA organic seal anywhere on the package. (see exemption below)"

"You may only, on the information panel, identify the certified organic ingredients as organic and the percentage of organic ingredients."

Apparently, if a company does mislabel its products, it is liable to be prosecuted by the Federal trade commission.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you make a product and want to claim that it or its ingredients are organic, your final product probably needs to be certified.

That word probably exists in the same article you originally linked.

But many actually don't do it which is why they don't use the USDA certified

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

plus just means more I think, they're adding to their service so it's "plus"

just because that's usually a hook to get you to pay more doesn't mean that's now the definition of the word

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're selling our usage data to aliens to pay for server costs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What do you expect? "We're not hosting an intergalactic kegger down here!"

[–] MrScottyTay 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What other "plus" apps have a non plus version though? Stone Disney+ it's just become "the thing" that streaming services go by now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Disney had a several tv channels and an app that was free for subscribers when they launched Disney+ but I don't know if they still have the old app.

[–] jayandp 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The "free" apps require a cable subscription, so they aren't really free.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, maybe "included for subscribers" is probably a better description.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mauve for this you'll need to have an account? This would already help nasa market products towards you and this is a good value they can get without you paying anything.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mauve you're right, mauve you're not, mauve I'll see for myself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

suddenly neopronouns