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Haven't streaming services already solved this problem for home users? I haven't seen an ad on my TV since still lived with my parents nearly a decade ago.
by babypuncher 7y ago
Haven't streaming services already solved this problem for home users? I haven't seen an ad on my TV since still lived with my parents nearly a decade ago.
- monadic2 7y agoI know Hulu still shows you ads even if you pay to remove them, but that may be an outlier. That said i personally still have cable (YouTube tv) in order to watch sports and cable news.
- babypuncher 7y agoI've heard that there are 1 or 2 shows on Hulu that show an ad before and after the show, but I haven't run into any of them myself.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoThey have a bigger problem now of including the commercials in the media itself. How much directing and screen time is wasted on focusing on a car brand’s logo or talking about the features and blah blah. My solution was to simply stop watching or to watch older stuff.
- SquishyPanda23 7y agoHBO shows ads for its other content.
- monadic2 7y agoI'm kind of OK with that, honestly, as a) they're trivially skippable, b) there's no financial implication to watching it, and c) I turn on HBO to watch stuff so if they're letting me know I already paid for something that generally improves my life. My issues with ads are really much more with third party transactions—I want to be the customer they care about pleasing. Unlike, say, newspapers, or cable, or social media.
- ada1981 7y agoMost people here still live with their parents.