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Personally, if I have to watch 3 ads on Hulu before my video, I'd rather them be for things I might want to buy than things I will never buy.
by crazy1van 12y ago
Personally, if I have to watch 3 ads on Hulu before my video, I'd rather them be for things I might want to buy than things I will never buy.
- gress 12y agoI'm sorry you have to live in a world where you are forced to watch things you don't want to, but I guess that's the endpoint for our society so we should just learn to accept it. /s
- icebraining 12y agoWhy are you telling us that? It was never your choice to make. And that's the problem.
- crazy1van 12y agoMy point is that in this case I actually do get some value from losing privacy. I could just watch regular TV instead of Hulu. Those ads are just targeted broadly by the viewership of a particular show or time-slot.
- gress 12y agoThis tradeoff was forced on you.
- kefka 12y agoPiracy is ALWAYS an option. And piracy guarantees privacy in viewing. It doesn't go into RedBox's DB, nor does Netflix see what I watch, and nor does Hulu, nor even YouTube/Google. Nor will those Internet-bluray players tattle what I've seen. And there's no ads, ever. And I can watch when I want, how I want. Better yet, call it Rights-maintained Media.
- aaronem 12y ago> piracy guarantees privacy in viewing It does nothing of the sort; it only makes it less likely you'll get a targeted ad, and more likely you'll get a nasty letter from your ISP instead.
- xenophonf 12y agoOh man, that'd be a crazy awesome way to collect info on your preferences. "Here are five ads - pick the one you want to watch."
- 33W 12y agoI haven't been on Hulu in some time (~2 years), but I often saw a choice from 3 different ads.
- mokus 12y agoI, on the other hand, would rather they be ads for things I _don't_ want, so that I'm not tempted to spend money on crap I don't need but have been manipulated into wanting more than I already do.