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I get super bent out of shape when Apple TV+ advertises shows before the one I am trying to watch; even sometimes advertising the show that I am trying to watch

by dijit 12d ago

I get super bent out of shape when Apple TV+ advertises shows before the one I am trying to watch; even sometimes advertising the show that I am trying to watch itself and spoiling things. I have actually cancelled my subscription because of this.

smelendez 12d ago
Yeah, I actually canceled Netflix when they started making it impossible to look at the available shows without seeing previews of each of them. I am trying to leisurely decide what I want to watch, not have 15 different actors scream catchphrases at me.
- loloquwowndueo 12d ago
  I don’t see this maybe because my Netflix app is older (on a 2018-era Roku tv). But it is annoying as shit on my friends tv with chrome cast.
- layer8 12d ago
  You can turn it off: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/2102 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/2102. Does that setting not work for you?
k2enemy 12d ago
I've talked to Apple support about this. Their website says... Apple Originals are always commercial-free. But you are forced to watch ads for other shows before viewing an Apple original. The support person said that because the ads are before the show you are trying to watch, that the show itself is indeed commercial-free. Language lawyering at its finest.
bravoetch 12d ago
My journey went from downloading movies and TV shows to paying for Netflix, Apple, and Prime. Then back to torrents to avoid all the trailers and ads and curated feed. It's so peaceful now.
2OEH8eoCRo0 12d ago
Good for you. It's impressive how many get jerked around but don't do the obvious thing and cancel the damn service. More people should feel outraged and insulted by these shenanigans.
- dijit 12d ago
  Well, you'd be surprised how annoying it is to be a curmudgeon these days. You can't even find wired (aux) headphones... So tempering expectations when you finally decide to "go back" to simple things is required. I like to buy my media rather than pirate (I am a man of means after all) but I can't even buy modern media.. Silo, Ted Lasso, Severance and Slow Horses do not have purchasable releases at all. At least some Prime TV shows have blu-ray releases I suppose.

by dijit 12d ago

smelendez 12d ago

Yeah, I actually canceled Netflix when they started making it impossible to look at the available shows without seeing previews of each of them. I am trying to leisurely decide what I want to watch, not have 15 different actors scream catchphrases at me.

loloquwowndueo 12d ago
I don’t see this maybe because my Netflix app is older (on a 2018-era Roku tv). But it is annoying as shit on my friends tv with chrome cast.
layer8 12d ago
You can turn it off: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/2102 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/2102. Does that setting not work for you?

k2enemy 12d ago

I've talked to Apple support about this. Their website says... Apple Originals are always commercial-free. But you are forced to watch ads for other shows before viewing an Apple original. The support person said that because the ads are before the show you are trying to watch, that the show itself is indeed commercial-free. Language lawyering at its finest.

bravoetch 12d ago

My journey went from downloading movies and TV shows to paying for Netflix, Apple, and Prime. Then back to torrents to avoid all the trailers and ads and curated feed. It's so peaceful now.

2OEH8eoCRo0 12d ago

Good for you. It's impressive how many get jerked around but don't do the obvious thing and cancel the damn service. More people should feel outraged and insulted by these shenanigans.

dijit 12d ago
Well, you'd be surprised how annoying it is to be a curmudgeon these days. You can't even find wired (aux) headphones... So tempering expectations when you finally decide to "go back" to simple things is required. I like to buy my media rather than pirate (I am a man of means after all) but I can't even buy modern media.. Silo, Ted Lasso, Severance and Slow Horses do not have purchasable releases at all. At least some Prime TV shows have blu-ray releases I suppose.