muh series
If you can prove a contradiction then you can prove anything, and here we have
¬ads = ads. BRB there’s some stuff I want to prove that I have.let p = ads, thus p = np. Where is my prize money?
Sorry bro, but you’re too late. I already proved p ~= np in the same manner.
Product placement is advertising, and as such saying “no ads” while not blurring out product placement would be misselling the service
Sometimes it’s important to the plot to let the viewer know about the cool refreshing taste of Pißwasser German lager.
There’s several shows where it was important to production that they had those as they would have been cancelled without it. Community and Chuck were both basically saved by Subway.
They’ll be forgiven when we finally get the goddamn community movie and they make their bread not shit.
The movie is in production right now. Allison Brie posted about rewatching the series to prepare
That’s why I added the bread bit so I wouldn’t actually have to forgive subway.
Or Cervesa Cristal
“No ads” and “ad-free” apparently mean whatever they want it to! Man, I’m so tired of these giant, greedy corporations and modern enshittification…
“circumstances may require”
No, you just want to do that.
Numbers aren’t going up fast enough.
“Our financial circumstances (our shareholders want more money) require…”
REQUIRE Line go up!
This is some “boneless wings may contain bones” bullshit, fuck Hulu.
I love my torrent subscription
Ok. But the first one i see and im canceling
Pirate your shows. Not just as a defense against ads, but as a defense against Disney throwing plotlines down the Memory Hole
This is what I do:
- Buy a perpetual license to the content I want (usually on Prime or Microsoft Store)
- Pirate it and load it onto my PLEX server.
This is the only way I can actually have control over the content that I fucking paid for. If that makes me a thief, then so be it.
Of course, this only works for PPV content. I generally just don’t watch content that’s available via streaming subscriptions only. I never paid for cable and I’m not paying for cable 2.0.
If buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t theft. ;-)
Streaming is akin to renting not buying
That’s the point of what they’re saying. If you’re only buying a subscription to the content then it’s not theft to get access to that content by other means.
the point is that it’s incorrect
You aren’t buying it so the rest of the sentence is irrelevant
Like stealing from blockbuster because you can rent it vs the video bin at the department store
Nothing wrong with piracy without being dishonest about it
Ok, commercials on no add streaming services are akin to renting a beach house all for your fam but the landlord shows up and takes a giant dump in the only bathroom available
Sure, that doesn’t pertain to the conversation though
If you’re going to hang onto the files for the foreseeable future, there is a big difference. Streaming services only grang you access as long as you pay. You rent access from them. Just because you subscribe to Hulu doesn’t mean you own anything. iTunes is a different story.
Even with renting we didn’t had ads in between.
Wasn’t saying streaming was good
you’re ruining the catchy slogan, it’s like you don’t even want this to be Reddit
but username checks out.
Remove the “if buying isnt owning” part
You are stealing potential profits
If I’m stealing potential profits, then there wasn’t much potential. My bank account is still near empty
Damn today sucks eztv gotta work a little harder removing those ads for me now
Even if you do get a copy with ads, it’s trivial to remove it yourself. You can use Handbrake and specify chapter times. Chapter start at open credits. Chapter end just before the ad roll. Chapter start after ad roll. Chapter end at the end of the video.
That’s why I pay for hulu+++×+
It’s guaranteed you’ll never see an ad*
*unless Hulu determines it is justified
Well, it’s ad-free as long as you consume at least one verification can every 10 minutes
You must shout “burger king” loud enough that it’s detected on 3 neighbors microphones
What a wonderful world we live in - boneless chicken with bones, ad-free streaming with ads, unlimited plans with limits… What’s next, Nestle releasing microplastics and cadmium free water (guess what’s in it!)?
Ad free with ads isn’t new to me. Paramount Plus will sometimes show pre-roll ads. They’re usually ads for other shows on Paramount and you can skip it right away, but it’s an ad nonetheless.
I could go without the unskippable 5 second branding bumper though.
This drink cooler will open and allow you to purchase a cool refreshing micro-plastic free water after a brief ad by nestle. Please stare directly at the screen for 30 seconds to unlock the case.
HBO does this too, I’ve been told they get away with it because it’s a trailer not an ad, as though there’s a difference, but mate, I’m already watching Star Trek, you don’t need to suggest I watch Star Trek.
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I first time I see an ad on my ad-free subscription, I will cancel like I did with Prime Video.
It’s like they want us to become pirates.
Just a numbers game. More people will absorb the costs than cancel their subscriptions. So these streaming services can keep ratcheting until they hit a breaking point. There’s no disincentive to these behaviors, as long as net revenue increases quarter to quarter.
Piracy requires a certain degree of technical competence and internet savvy that the vast majority of end users don’t have.
