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It went full circle, people were leaving cable for on demand streaming without ads so they can be back at on demand cable package with ads....
by TheLoafOfBread 4y ago
It went full circle, people were leaving cable for on demand streaming without ads so they can be back at on demand cable package with ads....
- anyonecancode 4y agoAt least with streaming we have tools available to mitigate the ads, though it's a constant fight. A few months ago I added ublock origin to all my family's browsers, but recently some of the streaming services have noticed and won't play unless I disable it. I'm trying out NextDNS now. On Hulu it doesn't skip the ads, but does block them, but something about watching 30s of black screen knowing there's supposed to be an ad there but isn't is still satisfying...
- peteradio 4y agoWho's suffering ads? I get ads on free services that's it, fair play IMO. The real reason I switched was because of the godawful remote controls and laggy and shitty interfaces. It would take me full minutes to navigate to whatever I wanted.
- notacoward 4y agoLately I've been getting ads on Hulu even though I subscribe. To be more precise I get 90s of blank space where the ads would have been, because Hulu's ad-blocker detection is totally FUBAR. First it complains even when I have my ad blocker turned off, then it continues anyway after the prescribed time. The two kinds of brain damage almost cancel each other out. The net result annoys me slightly on principle, but not enough to make me turn to even less convenient ways of getting that content.
- dewey 4y agoAmazon Prime and Sky (or after their forth rename in 5 years, now they are called: "Wow" here in Germany) have ads for their own shows in front of paid content.