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[–] [email protected] 346 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)
[–] tanisnikana 117 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

And the example they use is a guy shooting another guy on TV.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As long as it's not a breast

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[–] Lost_My_Mind 257 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd cancel any service that did this to me.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 2 weeks ago

Right? We don't have nice things because we put up with bull crap.

[–] foggy 189 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Immediate uninstall and cancel.

Fuck that.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I already don’t subscribe to Hulu, but I want to do my part to fight this.

Is there something I can do actively to cost them money?

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[–] TastyWheat 182 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 120 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this fucking real? Get fucked, mainstream media, if this is the case. Plenty of books and old games to keep me occupied until Alzheimers hits, and then occupied again afterwards

[–] [email protected] 97 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

This isn't mainstream media.
This is capitalism.

This is a company making a product, selling it for a given price, then making additional money from embedded ads.
Whether that ad revenue is additional profit, or to offset the actual cost of the item - because the sold it at a loss to beat their competitors - doesn't really matter.
This is the consumer paying for something, and not getting a full and complete product

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Can’t be quizzed over ads if you pirate everything.

[–] udon 19 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

You can pirate the ads and quizzes

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Drink verification can to continue

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[–] BananaTrifleViolin 100 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I would immediately cancel any service that does that.

I actively avoid advertising. I've cancelled Amazon prime now it has advertising.

I got Sky's Internet TV here in the UK - a supposedly premium service yet the first VOD demand show I streamed I found it had adverts and you had to pay more to be able to fast forward through them. I immediately cancelled.

These companies are greedy as fuck, and driven by the stupidity of always trying to be "growing" to grow their share prices. That just means always trying to save money and take more money from their customers. Enshittification is a result of the stupidity of the stock markets.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I was on Amazon Prime for years.

Then in the space of one year they decided that listening to an album in order was now a "premium" feature, and that ads would be shovelled into everything.

Sure, I lost the "free" shipping, so now I hardly buy anything from Amazon either. I see this as an absolute win.

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[–] fuck_u_spez_in_particular 19 points 2 weeks ago

It's as if they want you to torrent stuff again.

And funnily I feel less worse than the last time (before netflix arose)..

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[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E 91 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Please drink the verification can

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[–] PunnyName 88 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Extremely infuriating. Fuck that, pirate hat stays firmly in place.

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[–] ATDA 75 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Somewhere someone thought this was a good idea.

Fuck that individual specifically, fuck head...

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[–] SoftTeeth 69 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

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[–] madcaesar 66 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you are paying for this shit, you are part of the problem.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Or just tolerating this shit, if you have the "fuck me with ads only" plan.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 weeks ago

Aaaannnnd this just resolidifies my decision to not engage with streaming services. What a load of shit.

[–] starchylemming 53 points 2 weeks ago

hulu is owned by disney. encourage canceling disney+ too just for good measure

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Why would anyone put up with the attack that is advertising? If it requires you to watch ads, it's not worth it. You wouldn't sit through a free movie if it meant a stranger showing up every few minutes and offering to let you rim them, (it's not that no one wants what their offering, it's that they don't care whether you're interested or not. They're still going to show you their asshole) why would you allow a similar violation of your mind?

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is a brand lift study. It's almost worthless: Hulu is paid nearly zero for it. I can't believe they've stooped this low to scrape so little incremental revenue with such a customer hostile tack. Their product and analytics people must truly suck and completely lack awareness of counter metrics.

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[–] Psythik 45 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)
  1. Ditch all paid streaming apps.
  2. Research how Stremio, Torrentio, and Real-Debrid work together.
  3. Never pay to see ads ever again.
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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago

When Hulu still had ads when you bought a subscription, I swore I would never pay them ever again. That was around 2014. I have stuck to it, and every year I am reminded why. Fuck Hulu.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

They're really doing everything in their power to destroy their own business model, aren't they?

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago

Ooh, I know the answer!

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago

How many? Turn off TV, unsubscribe from Hulu rows.

[–] spiritsong 36 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Somebody better tell Sony about this. I'm sure they want to cash in from their patent being infringed.

:p /s

The dreaded future of advertising is here. Next step, in your face as you do your daily stuffs.

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[–] tomi000 35 points 2 weeks ago

Theyre making it easier to switch back to pirating by the day

[–] shalafi 30 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I have one TV for my PC monitor and one for, well, TV. Both hardwired to the network, no external network access. Wrote a quick PS script to switch from one to the other or both, made it into an EXE with buttons, très chic. Everything streams off a crappy USB drive "RAID" array. OpenVPN server with Digital Ocean, hosted in Amsterdam, $6/month. DONE.

I'm not on some crusade against capitalism, I simply choose not to participate in bullshit like this.

tl;dr: STEAL YO SHIT.

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[–] Snapz 28 points 2 weeks ago

"Our'research has determined that we can fill up to 90% of the visual field with advertisements before inducing seizures!"

Corporations all genuinely want to be that guy so fucking bad, just because they think that if they do become him, they might actually starry to finally feel something... anything. Or they think if they become that guy their father might say "I love you " for the first time or some other sad "this is why I'm a serial killer" shit.

[–] sumguyonline 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

THERE ARE!!!! FOUR ROWS!!!

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[–] AnUnusualRelic 24 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Does it delete random pieces of your data if you give it a wrong answer?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago

do they make you keep watching the ad until you get it right?

[–] Presi300 24 points 2 weeks ago

You seem to be hurt by modern subscriptions, take this, it will give you strength.

[–] leadore 24 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If you answer wrong, what does it do? Refuse to show you any more of the program you are paying them to provide?

Oh wait, I know. It shows another ad, right? That's gotta be it. We'll keep showing you ads until you fucking pay attention!

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

All I know is that Lexus Texas (that is what TX means to me) sounds like the name of a porn star. Is that the message Lexus wanted me to take away from their advertising and branding?

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[–] MissJinx 20 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Is this real? I'm pretty sure this is ilegal in my country

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

you must live in one of those real countries I've only read about.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Next step: political adverts that quiz you on what you've just heard and repeat each segment if you get the answer wrong.

Just kidding though (or am I). This is truly some dystopian shit. My first reaction was what the actual fuck. And I bet you that their numbers aren't really going to hurt that much because of this. Mark my words.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

These companies are insufferable.

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