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I live in a 'Netflix free' home -- I watch as many commercials a year as a any kid in a 'Netflix only' home. It's not clear to me why the article assumes that n

by kleiba 9y ago

I live in a 'Netflix free' home -- I watch as many commercials a year as a any kid in a 'Netflix only' home. It's not clear to me why the article assumes that not having Netflix means you're consuming commercials.

grzm 9y ago
Would you care to unpack that? The interesting thing about personal anecdotes is when they provide context as to your experience. How many commercials did you watch a year? Do you have a TV? Do you choose not to any media at all? Only movies? How do you compare your experience to others?
- dukeflukem 9y ago
  I took this as he doesn't watch TV or TV-like content at all.
- kleiba 9y ago
  The important point is the list of alternatives you provide yourself: a statement worded in this way "kids on netflix only homes are being saved from 230 hrs of commercials a year" apparently implies two alternatives -- either "netflix only" or "being exposed to 230 hrs of commercials a year". There are, however, a lot more alternatives, and you list some of them.
  - grzm 9y ago
    Please don't just drive by taking potshots at headlines that aren't written the way you want them to be. Read the article. Post something substantive. Engage. Share.
chris_wot 9y ago
That makes no sense. Kids who watch Netflix get zero ads. Kids who watch commercial television are bombarded with ads.
- kleiba 9y ago
  That depends. I live in a country where there are public channels (state funded) and private channels. Only the latter show ads.
  - chris_wot 9y ago
    That’s not what I call “commercial TV”. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has a corporate arm, but it’s not for Broadcasting.
- eat_veggies 9y ago
  PBS makes great content with zero ads, aside from a five second blurb about "our sponsors and viewers like you" between shows. They also broadcast over antenna, so you don't even need a cable subscription to watch it (and conveniently, if you only have antenna, you're spared from all the garbage and only get PBS + local news).
joombaga 9y ago
The article doesn't assume that. Those were the results of the study, and it's specific to Iran.

by kleiba 9y ago

grzm 9y ago

Would you care to unpack that? The interesting thing about personal anecdotes is when they provide context as to your experience. How many commercials did you watch a year? Do you have a TV? Do you choose not to any media at all? Only movies? How do you compare your experience to others?

dukeflukem 9y ago
I took this as he doesn't watch TV or TV-like content at all.
kleiba 9y ago
The important point is the list of alternatives you provide yourself: a statement worded in this way "kids on netflix only homes are being saved from 230 hrs of commercials a year" apparently implies two alternatives -- either "netflix only" or "being exposed to 230 hrs of commercials a year". There are, however, a lot more alternatives, and you list some of them.
- grzm 9y ago
  Please don't just drive by taking potshots at headlines that aren't written the way you want them to be. Read the article. Post something substantive. Engage. Share.

chris_wot 9y ago

That makes no sense. Kids who watch Netflix get zero ads. Kids who watch commercial television are bombarded with ads.

kleiba 9y ago
That depends. I live in a country where there are public channels (state funded) and private channels. Only the latter show ads.
- chris_wot 9y ago
  That’s not what I call “commercial TV”. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has a corporate arm, but it’s not for Broadcasting.
eat_veggies 9y ago
PBS makes great content with zero ads, aside from a five second blurb about "our sponsors and viewers like you" between shows. They also broadcast over antenna, so you don't even need a cable subscription to watch it (and conveniently, if you only have antenna, you're spared from all the garbage and only get PBS + local news).

joombaga 9y ago

The article doesn't assume that. Those were the results of the study, and it's specific to Iran.