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It’s kind of obvious. Netflix has co-CEOs. One for tech and one for content. They value both equally Amazon is a tech company and pays their software develo

It’s kind of obvious. Netflix has co-CEOs. One for tech and one for content. They value both equally Amazon is a tech company and pays their software developers tech company wages. The rest are media businesses. HBOMax specifically are owned by Discovery who has always been interested in doing things as cheaply as possible. While Disney/Hulu are also on the surface media companies. Disney bought BamTech who had the best streaming technology/people outside of Netflix and Disney has always cared about technology But why for everything that is holy are you watching the ad tier of streaming services?

tonymet 11mo ago
they are black friday deals where you get a year for $30
- raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
  I am sure there are also deals where I can get a monthly anal probe with a cactus. I won’t be doing that either. Actually it’s a toss up as far as which one is worse.
  - tonymet 11mo ago
    netflix ads tier was very usable for the first month, then the ads became suffocating. all the other ads tiers are pretty painful. but none are as bad as broadcast TV. I don't watch streaming a lot, and the Ads tiers are a great way to use the service for a month or two until I tire.
    - raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
      The last time I watched broadcast TV, I had a DirectTV box with first TiVo and later their own pretty good DVR. I think I had my first DirectTivo in 2003. It’s been over two decades since I sat through commercials regularly outside of the occasional big event sports as social gatherings or award shows we watch live to discuss with friends on social media
      - tonymet 11mo ago
        they can be a welcome break. if you mute the ads, they are hardly distracting. good time to check the phone, get a snack etc. The ads are repetitive usually drugs or snacks so they are easy to tune out.
tonymet 11mo ago
i agree with the high level (budget, corner cutting), but I'm curious about deliberate decisions to build things so awfully. some of these decisions take more work to do wrong than right (android keeps activities resident, for example -- unloading ads layers is trivial)

tonymet 11mo ago

they are black friday deals where you get a year for $30

raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
I am sure there are also deals where I can get a monthly anal probe with a cactus. I won’t be doing that either. Actually it’s a toss up as far as which one is worse.
- tonymet 11mo ago
  netflix ads tier was very usable for the first month, then the ads became suffocating. all the other ads tiers are pretty painful. but none are as bad as broadcast TV. I don't watch streaming a lot, and the Ads tiers are a great way to use the service for a month or two until I tire.
  - raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
    The last time I watched broadcast TV, I had a DirectTV box with first TiVo and later their own pretty good DVR. I think I had my first DirectTivo in 2003. It’s been over two decades since I sat through commercials regularly outside of the occasional big event sports as social gatherings or award shows we watch live to discuss with friends on social media
    - tonymet 11mo ago
      they can be a welcome break. if you mute the ads, they are hardly distracting. good time to check the phone, get a snack etc. The ads are repetitive usually drugs or snacks so they are easy to tune out.

tonymet 11mo ago

i agree with the high level (budget, corner cutting), but I'm curious about deliberate decisions to build things so awfully. some of these decisions take more work to do wrong than right (android keeps activities resident, for example -- unloading ads layers is trivial)