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And that's why we have Netflix today. If Netflix started pushing commercials I'd leave immediately, and I think a lot of other people would too. Meanwhile Net
by Judgmentality 5y ago
And that's why we have Netflix today. If Netflix started pushing commercials I'd leave immediately, and I think a lot of other people would too. Meanwhile Netflix is printing money like crazy.
- oehpr 5y agoNetflix did start pushing commercials. They started testing pre-rolls in 2017. They faced huge backlash over it, but they still want to.
- pgayed 5y agoDespite 429 points (ATOW), this article is no longer visible from the hn main page.
- boredwithlife 5y agoThe push now is to have ai-generated items in the show to be used for advertising. That can on the table: it may be coke for you but Pepsi for your friend. The background radio ads in the show, maybe direct advertising. More subtle, still print
- cwkoss 5y agoThey've really gone right up to the line with autoplaying trailers from the browse screen though...
- nogbit 5y agoYou can disable that in the settings menu
- banana_giraffe 5y agoAmazon Prime Video has pre-roll ads now. Granted they're all for other Amazon Prime Videos, but they're still ads. I feel like we're in a long game of "boil the frog" till one day we're happy that our favorite service only has one or two ads.
- maximegarcia 5y agoYeah, and it is very annoying.
- tomjen3 5y agoI don't want to defend Amazon for that, but are they at least still skipable?