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I've got one four letter word that really helps counter this trend: TiVo But they get very little love. People would rather watch 10 hours a month of comme
by PhantomGremlin 11y ago
I've got one four letter word that really helps counter this trend:
TiVo
But they get very little love. People would rather watch 10 hours a month of commercials than pay $10/month to bypass them.
And there's also laziness. I've seen so many people with cable company DVRs, but they don't FF thru commercials. Huh? Not only are the commercials mind-numbing when viewed for the 50th time, but there's also the matter of 20 minutes lost per hour of viewing.
- danieltillett 11y agoI think a lot of people like ads. I personally hate them, but I have noticed other around me don’t seem to care.
- WalterBright 11y agoBack in the 80's when I first got a VCR, I taped some shows. Ironically, today the old commercials are more interesting than the old show.
- tomswartz07 11y agoFor your viewing pleasure: http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial-index/new http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial-index/new
- reustle 11y agoI think us (hn readers) are generally more aware of the value of our time (and/or our time is more valuable).
- lorenzhs 11y agoFor me, it's not about the value of my time (calculating like that is a huge can of worms, and realistically, most of us don't work in the time we save by not seeing ads, but watch an additional episode instead). I just loathe ads. I gladly pay 9€/month for the ad-free experience on Netflix. (Plus, in Germany, everything on TV is dubbed, and it's hard to enjoy that if you know the original. Netflix offers the original soundtrack.)
- jon-wood 11y agoI'd go so far as to say some people actually like them. It's not a rare occurrence for someone to ask "Did you see the new Product X ad?"