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You must not consume much legal media if you think paying money entitles you to no ads. * $10 movie ticket - I see ads before the movie * $70/month cable - I
by megaman821 16y ago
You must not consume much legal media if you think paying money entitles you to no ads.
* $10 movie ticket - I see ads before the movie
* $70/month cable - I see ads on every channel but PBS
* $50 sport ticket - I see ads all over the field
* $60 Pay Per View - I see ads all over the place and the announcers spewing ads whenever they can
- chc 16y agoCoincidentally, all of these "legal media" fields are seeing decreases. The media companies need to start competing with Bittorrent on actual quality of service, like Apple did. If the illegal route is that much more pleasant than the legit way, something is wrong with your business.
- Tautology 16y agocorrelation does not imply causation. But I see your point.
- ericd 16y agoI wouldn't say it's because of the ads, but the convenience factor of BitTorrent and other sharing solutions is HUGE. Hulu is a very good step in the right direction, though they're still nowhere close in the ability to watch series from the beginning. (Netflix is much better in this regard). Seeing ads at the movies and in other things I pay for does really burn my ass, though.
- chc 16y agoAmong people who know they exist, fast-forwarding DVR and Bittorrent are much more popular than watching TV with ads. It seems pretty clear to me at least that people do not like ads very much. So it's perplexing to see the networks take a fundamentally good product that people might be willing to pay for and intentionally include something that people really don't want. Why would you consciously choose to make your paid product worse than the free competition?