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Infuriatingly, Hulu sometimes shows ads even with their more expensive "No Ads" plans: https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials https://help.hulu.com/

Infuriatingly, Hulu sometimes shows ads even with their more expensive "No Ads" plans: https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials

joenot443 3y ago
>Due to streaming rights, a few shows in the Hulu streaming library will include a short ad break before and after each episode for Hulu (No Ads) subscribers. Man, that is aggravating. Blaming it on "streaming rights" as well, what a crock!
- pests 3y ago
  Considering how odd it is and how few shows out of their catalog I'm sure it is an issue with streaming rights with a few shows. A few shows probably tied payments to the associated ad revenue and they wanted to ensure that didn't go to 0 with ad free streaming.
- dangrossman 3y ago
  It's one single show out of the 2500+ in their catalog, one they licensed before the "no ads" offering existed (Grey's Anatomy). It's neither aggravating nor a crock.
  - IIsi50MHz 3y ago
    I've never seen this show, yet it seems we are unable to convince Hulu accept enough money to not show ads. Some parts, like the Live TV addon are almost understandable, but still…disappointing. Especially when the not actually watching live (via start-over or 'recording') yet the ads are somehow still unskippable. Other times, a random item on a network where we've not seen ads wild suddenly have ads. And there's usually no way to know before trying to watch something if it will be bastardised by ads. We could try revealing the progressbar every time we start a show, to look for the yellow marks that indicate ads…but somehow always just watch until the first frustration appears, and then decide whether to continue. At least some pay-extra addon channels can be relied on to not have ads (unless you count a leader that tells about some other show that channel has). Hulu and Prime seem very much "FU, pay me.". Especially Prime, with all the attempts to get me to either rent-or-'buy' or watch things with ads, and making it increasingly difficult to identify or find items that are included with the existing subscriptions.
  - lastofthemojito 3y ago
    That list has dwindled, which is good. It definitely used to have more shows on it - when I experienced this issue a few years ago it was not with Grey's Anatomy. Still, it's just jarring for them to have an ad-supported tier and and a "no ads" tier, with the "no ads" tier having a big ol' asterisk and "well, really almost no ads, but you still might see some".
dangrossman 3y ago
On a single show out of 2500+, Grey's Anatomy, because their license to that show predates the "no ads" offering. This should not infuriate anyone.

Infuriatingly, Hulu sometimes shows ads even with their more expensive "No Ads" plans: https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials

joenot443 3y ago

>Due to streaming rights, a few shows in the Hulu streaming library will include a short ad break before and after each episode for Hulu (No Ads) subscribers. Man, that is aggravating. Blaming it on "streaming rights" as well, what a crock!

pests 3y ago
Considering how odd it is and how few shows out of their catalog I'm sure it is an issue with streaming rights with a few shows. A few shows probably tied payments to the associated ad revenue and they wanted to ensure that didn't go to 0 with ad free streaming.
dangrossman 3y ago
It's one single show out of the 2500+ in their catalog, one they licensed before the "no ads" offering existed (Grey's Anatomy). It's neither aggravating nor a crock.
- IIsi50MHz 3y ago
  I've never seen this show, yet it seems we are unable to convince Hulu accept enough money to not show ads. Some parts, like the Live TV addon are almost understandable, but still…disappointing. Especially when the not actually watching live (via start-over or 'recording') yet the ads are somehow still unskippable. Other times, a random item on a network where we've not seen ads wild suddenly have ads. And there's usually no way to know before trying to watch something if it will be bastardised by ads. We could try revealing the progressbar every time we start a show, to look for the yellow marks that indicate ads…but somehow always just watch until the first frustration appears, and then decide whether to continue. At least some pay-extra addon channels can be relied on to not have ads (unless you count a leader that tells about some other show that channel has). Hulu and Prime seem very much "FU, pay me.". Especially Prime, with all the attempts to get me to either rent-or-'buy' or watch things with ads, and making it increasingly difficult to identify or find items that are included with the existing subscriptions.
- lastofthemojito 3y ago
  That list has dwindled, which is good. It definitely used to have more shows on it - when I experienced this issue a few years ago it was not with Grey's Anatomy. Still, it's just jarring for them to have an ad-supported tier and and a "no ads" tier, with the "no ads" tier having a big ol' asterisk and "well, really almost no ads, but you still might see some".

dangrossman 3y ago

On a single show out of 2500+, Grey's Anatomy, because their license to that show predates the "no ads" offering. This should not infuriate anyone.