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> HBO demonstrates that it’s still an open question. What do you mean? Is HBO or HBO Go adding commercials?
by leereeves 7y ago
> HBO demonstrates that it’s still an open question.
What do you mean? Is HBO or HBO Go adding commercials?
- SubiculumCode 7y agoI assume he means that because HBO does not show ads, it is an open question of whether Netflix would try. Personally, I will not subscribe to services that show commercials. Commercials are for free services, not for paid services. As soon as you allow them to cross that boundary....
- leereeves 7y agoI feel the same way, but not everyone does. With that in mind I was wondering which Hulu plan was most popular. All I could find was the same widely syndicated Reuters article [1] from January 2019 calling the plan with ads "Hulu's most popular plan". I guess there is a market for streaming with ads. 1: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hulu-prices/hulu-cuts-price-of-most-popular-plan-by-25-percent-idUSKCN1PH229 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hulu-prices/hulu-cuts-pri...
- bonestamp2 7y agoThey're not selling ads, but they do run a 15-30 second spot before each episode advertising one of their own shows. That doesn't really bother me for now, but it seems like a slippery slope towards showing two spots, or three, or selling those spots to other advertisers. Side note, with all of the streaming subscriptions I have, I'm probably not saving any money compared to when I had traditional cable, but there are fewer commercials and the content is so much better.