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There is more than one tier of sub, but ad free does exist, and is explicitly called the "Hulu (No Ads)" plan. In the US its $12.99 right now, and has been aro

by giobox 5y ago

There is more than one tier of sub, but ad free does exist, and is explicitly called the "Hulu (No Ads)" plan. In the US its $12.99 right now, and has been around a while: https://help.hulu.com/s/article/hulu-no-ads#hulu https://help.hulu.com/s/article/hulu-no-ads#hulu They also have a $6.99 sub that does have ads, which may be what you are thinking is the only option? https://help.hulu.com/s/article/how-much-does-hulu-cost https://help.hulu.com/s/article/how-much-does-hulu-cost To my knowledge no one can watch Hulu with ads and no sub like YouTube - all plans have a subscription, you just pay more to remove the ads.

willcipriano 5y ago
Check out this support page: https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials > Due to streaming rights, there are a select number of shows from our streaming library that will play with a short ad break before and after each episode for Hulu (No Ads) subscribers > Shows and movies from HBO, SHOWTIME, Cinemax, and STARZ don’t have ad breaks, but there may be promotional content before certain videos.
- giobox 5y ago
  If you actually read the support page you linked and understand what Hulu offers, its still an "ad free" Hulu service for 12.99. For almost all of the limited cases where ads do occur, its due to it being an optional external streaming service integration or "live" TV channel with their own app offering that Hulu are offering as an optional extra you can bundle in (for more $$). I can't criticise Hulu too hard for not controlling ads on live television or optional third party services you can integrate to their own app - these are almost all optional extra channels/streaming services and not part of Hulu's own shows or offering. Almost every single streaming show from Hulu themselves without exceptions is ad-free on the 12.99 plan, exactly as the plan name says. In addition to understanding the support page, I use the service and the no-ad plan almost every day in my own home, it's definitely a thing and works exactly as its name (no ads!) suggests. Its probably why it's called the "no ads" plan...
  - willcipriano 5y ago
    > Almost every single streaming show from Hulu themselves without exceptions is ad-free Thats almost ad-free not ad-free.

by giobox 5y ago

willcipriano 5y ago

Check out this support page: https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials > Due to streaming rights, there are a select number of shows from our streaming library that will play with a short ad break before and after each episode for Hulu (No Ads) subscribers > Shows and movies from HBO, SHOWTIME, Cinemax, and STARZ don’t have ad breaks, but there may be promotional content before certain videos.

giobox 5y ago
If you actually read the support page you linked and understand what Hulu offers, its still an "ad free" Hulu service for 12.99. For almost all of the limited cases where ads do occur, its due to it being an optional external streaming service integration or "live" TV channel with their own app offering that Hulu are offering as an optional extra you can bundle in (for more $$). I can't criticise Hulu too hard for not controlling ads on live television or optional third party services you can integrate to their own app - these are almost all optional extra channels/streaming services and not part of Hulu's own shows or offering. Almost every single streaming show from Hulu themselves without exceptions is ad-free on the 12.99 plan, exactly as the plan name says. In addition to understanding the support page, I use the service and the no-ad plan almost every day in my own home, it's definitely a thing and works exactly as its name (no ads!) suggests. Its probably why it's called the "no ads" plan...
- willcipriano 5y ago
  > Almost every single streaming show from Hulu themselves without exceptions is ad-free Thats almost ad-free not ad-free.