They do have to support a staff,the hardware infrastructure, maintenance, etc.. Plus everyone gets an upgrade to their Xbox dashboard every year (although, some do not like it.) It is sort of like getting a new console (other than the Netflix app, most do make it better/offer more features.)
I there really is a whole bunch of content from music/movies/games, and fortunately it's rather easy to find with their Bing Voice Search if you have Kinect.
But since Silver is free, gold really shouldn't have any ads.







