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Not sure why this is a big deal. you can turn it off. HBO subscribers are shown ads (for other HBO shows) at the beginning of the play. I believe that happens
by perfectstorm 10y ago
Not sure why this is a big deal. you can turn it off.
HBO subscribers are shown ads (for other HBO shows) at the beginning of the play. I believe that happens with Amazon Prime Videos as well.
Google shows ads for Chrome browser when you google from a different browser.
how is this any different ?
- jolux 10y agoBecause you pay Microsoft to use Windows, and you pay them a lot. With HBO streaming you can always skip past those ads, and I've never seen them on Prime videos (if you could again you can skip past them). With Google, they're giving you the service for free, so ads are expected. If I'm going to shell out $120 for a Windows license, I don't want to see goddamn ads built into the fucking operating system.
- perfectstorm 10y agoGoogle started playing ads on their $129 Google Home just the other day (http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/3/16/14948696/google-home-assistant-advertising-beauty-and-the-beast http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/3/16/14948696/go...). Apple shows ads to older iPhone users (https://9to5mac.com/2015/12/11/apple-advertising-iphone-6s-to-older-iphone-owners-through-app-store-popups/ https://9to5mac.com/2015/12/11/apple-advertising-iphone-6s-t...). how is this any different ? Actually Windows can at least be turned off.
- jolux 10y agoGoogle is a goddamn ad company, I expect that kind of bullshit from them. Does that Apple ad come up more than once? If it does, yeah that's pretty annoying and disappointing too.
- megablast 10y agoAre you serious? So you will not mind if your phone suddenly starts putting ads on the lock screen? Or your watch?