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Not to be that guy, but I cut the cord, and it's seriously like a breath of fresh air. It's like discovering ad-blockers in the era of incessant pop-ups and fl
by Splines 11y ago
Not to be that guy, but I cut the cord, and it's seriously like a breath of fresh air. It's like discovering ad-blockers in the era of incessant pop-ups and flash ads.
- mei0Iesh 11y agoNetflix was TV ad-blocking for me. I hated TV and stopped watching it for many years. Then when Netflix came around, I discovered that TV production had greatly improved, and it's the ad interruptions that was poisoning the art, making me feel sick to watch it. Without the ads, I could binge watch a multiple-year series of a television show, and not feel sick.
- icebraining 11y agoMeh, today's cable doesn't feel that different; I just start watching the show a bit later and fast-forward the ads at 32x.
- Nadya 11y agoSmall reminder that cable's main selling point when starting out was the removal of ads.
- icebraining 11y agoNot around here (non-US country), it already came with ads. The point was always the extra content, since we only had four OTA channels.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIt's always a good advice, but you're ignoring GP's point that I believe the discussion around ads should be focused on: that a lot of advertisers are malicious actors. They are bunch of liars who want to profit by hurting people, and this is somehow not only totally legal, but a respectable occupation.
- gherkin0 11y agoI wouldn't say advertisers are malicious actors: they are amoral ones. They want maximum short-term profit, and they don't care if they hurt people or not in the process.
- neves 11y agoMy argument is the opposite. This isn't a respectable occupation. The respectable ones are exceptions. The main goal is to reduce all humans to just consumers. Have ever you seen ads for kids? They must buy that toy! Happiness is eating unhealthy thing in McDonalds! And don't forget Camel: http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/11/us/smoking-among-children-is-linked-to-cartoon-camel-in-advertisements.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/11/us/smoking-among-children-...
- berberous 11y agoYou know, I cut the cord years ago and felt the same way, but increasingly, every video on the internet has forced pre-roll ads I can't escape from (especially when watching YouTube on iOS), and it feels WAY worse than TV ads ever did. There is no free lunch...
- icebraining 11y agoIf you used Android, you could run Firefox with uBlock Origin, which blocks those ads.