“Free Netflix (but not for iPhone users)” — United ends change fees. Netflix’s free option. Lemonade’s non-profit-ness.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

Business News, Tech, News, Finance, Business, Pop Culture

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Cheers of joy spread throughout the land as United ended its change fees — aka 15% of overall US airline sales. Netflix is trying a new “give-our-content-away-for-free” strategy. And renter’s insurance icon Lemonade is giving away 17X more money than the average publicly traded corporation does… but it’s still not profitable (investors not down).$LMND $NFLX $UALWant a shoutout on the pod? We got the form for Snackers to fill out right here:https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Nick, this is Jack, and this is Snacks daily.
0:04.6	It is Tuesday, September 1st.
0:06.5	Goodness gracious, it's already September.
0:09.3	First is September, first summer without timelines for us.
0:11.6	A brutal situation, but we're gonna open this up with the best one yet.
0:16.0	T-B-O-Y Jack, what do we got for the first story going on over here?
0:19.2	Corporate generosity.
0:20.4	Tom's gives a pair of shoes for each sale.
0:22.5	Warby Parker donates a pair of frames for each sale.
0:25.4	Yeah, lemonade is donating to at a rate of 17 times more
0:29.2	than the average publicly traded corporation.
0:31.3	Very generous, investors though are annoyed since lemonade is unprofitable.
0:36.4	Second story, Jack, what do we got?
0:38.5	Do you get the Netflix password from a friend, from a parent, or from a sibling?
0:42.3	Trick question these days, Netflix just offered up its content for free breaking the freemium model.
0:47.8	But it didn't even have one.
0:48.9	I think it's called Netflix.com slash Watch Free.
0:51.8	Sounds too good to be true.
0:52.7	Third and final story, Jack, what do we got?
0:54.2	United Airlines just eliminated the most hated fee of all time.
0:58.4	Forever.
0:59.4	The $200 change fee, aka a purebred 100% beautiful you want a hugged profit puppy.
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