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Even at an inflated rate of $50 per 1000 impressions (which is higher than most broadcast TV charges), $20 should let you bypass 400 commercials. It doesn't see

Even at an inflated rate of $50 per 1000 impressions (which is higher than most broadcast TV charges), $20 should let you bypass 400 commercials. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

effingwewt 5y ago
Please Gods, no! Black Mirror is almost here. 'Just pay 100 merits to skip..Oh you've used all your skips this hour.' Beeeeeeeeep 'Resume viewing, resume viewing.
- matheusmoreira 5y ago
  Why is this downvoted? This bleak future isn't too far off honestly. Can't wait until the advertisers start literally torturing us as punishment for withholding our attention. When I watched that episode for the first time I was horrified but reality is even worse: these people think we're literal criminals who are stealing from them if we don't watch ads.
  - jazzyjackson 5y ago
    Probably because YouTube and Spotify are already peppered with such interruptions “upgrade to premium today to disable these annoying ads”
    - effingwewt 5y ago
      Not even close to the same. Bing was unable to even close his eyes to avoid viewing the ads, and was literally inundated from all sides with all senses they could reach. We get closer to this every single day. But this is HN, 1/4[1] of the UB are probably in ads one way or another (ie work for fb/goog et al), another 1/4 of the UB are of the 'growth hacking win at all costs wannabe-CEO (ie lying and creating fake accts a la reddit, you name it). But I hope another 1/4 of us are conscientious objectors. Leaving 1/4 for those who can't be bothered. Anyways I usually assume 1/4-1/2 or more of HN will usually disagree with what I say, I don't mind. [1] All numbers pulled from my behind.
meowster 5y ago
> 400 commercials So one day of watching? A regular one-hour-long TV show has about 4 commercial breaks, each with about 10 commercials, so that's 40 commercials an hour. If one was really into the Olympics, they might have their TV on for at least 10 hours during the day (while sometimes doing other tasks). 10 hours * 40 comercials an hour = 400 commercials a day. Sports broadcasts usually have more commercial breaks of shorter varrying lengths, but I'd estimate it averages the same, if not a higher commercial count per hour.

Even at an inflated rate of $50 per 1000 impressions (which is higher than most broadcast TV charges), $20 should let you bypass 400 commercials. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

effingwewt 5y ago

Please Gods, no! Black Mirror is almost here. 'Just pay 100 merits to skip..Oh you've used all your skips this hour.' Beeeeeeeeep 'Resume viewing, resume viewing.

matheusmoreira 5y ago
Why is this downvoted? This bleak future isn't too far off honestly. Can't wait until the advertisers start literally torturing us as punishment for withholding our attention. When I watched that episode for the first time I was horrified but reality is even worse: these people think we're literal criminals who are stealing from them if we don't watch ads.
- jazzyjackson 5y ago
  Probably because YouTube and Spotify are already peppered with such interruptions “upgrade to premium today to disable these annoying ads”
  - effingwewt 5y ago
    Not even close to the same. Bing was unable to even close his eyes to avoid viewing the ads, and was literally inundated from all sides with all senses they could reach. We get closer to this every single day. But this is HN, 1/4[1] of the UB are probably in ads one way or another (ie work for fb/goog et al), another 1/4 of the UB are of the 'growth hacking win at all costs wannabe-CEO (ie lying and creating fake accts a la reddit, you name it). But I hope another 1/4 of us are conscientious objectors. Leaving 1/4 for those who can't be bothered. Anyways I usually assume 1/4-1/2 or more of HN will usually disagree with what I say, I don't mind. [1] All numbers pulled from my behind.

meowster 5y ago

> 400 commercials So one day of watching? A regular one-hour-long TV show has about 4 commercial breaks, each with about 10 commercials, so that's 40 commercials an hour. If one was really into the Olympics, they might have their TV on for at least 10 hours during the day (while sometimes doing other tasks). 10 hours * 40 comercials an hour = 400 commercials a day. Sports broadcasts usually have more commercial breaks of shorter varrying lengths, but I'd estimate it averages the same, if not a higher commercial count per hour.