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this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2025
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To be fair, it most likely refers to live streams, considering more steamers are offering them.
That being said, I cancelled in favour of the high seas and never looked back
It's not just live streams. On-demand of Comcast networks will have ads because it's fucking Comcast and they are gonna force you to watch them as much as possible. At least you can use the live tv dvr feature to record the things you want and skip commercials then.
Comcast continues providing ample evidence as to why they are one of the most hated companies in the US. They used to be THE most hated company, but the founder of an extremely popular battery company, that also makes cars, recently outed himself as a mask-off nazi, so Comcast is gonna have to step it up to keep their hold on #1. I imagine it's only a matter of time before all ICE vehicles have vinyl wraps on them that boast "Powered by Comcast", and ~~concentration camps~~ detention centers acting as free (fully tracked and monitored) wifi hotspots.
some titles always have had ads on hulu, regardless of a viewer's plan. they frame it as being 'required' by the content provider.. which, iirc, is usually them--a disney-owned entity for these titles.
Vertical integration!
Jesus fucking christ.
I assume they mean the live TV offerings, and technically the Hulu splash at the start of every episode is marked as an ad.
But it’s still scummy.
They're modifying a legal document, one of the most detail-focused creations *ever. If they only wanted it to apply to live TV programs, they absolutely could have. When people (or corporations) show you who they are, believe them.
edit: autocorrect
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They've been showing ads on content from certain sources on supposedly "ad-free" tiers for years.
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what the fuck are people actually paying for at this point
"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...
Looks at UTorrent happily leeching away
Looks at camera
I just assumed this disclaimer was for live sports, which include ads whether you want them to or not. It’s not like you can just leave out the commercial breaks in a live broadcast.
Show us the challenge review, show us the mascot relay race, show us the kiss cam.
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Beating will continue until morale improves
I just cancelled my subscription and got a refund too. Good riddance.
This isn’t new. They’ve been doing that since Agents of SHIELD was on the air. They would start with “this is not included in the no ads plan.”
Yep. Worked there for a bit. They're contractually obligated to show ads on certain content. Doesn't matter what tier you're on. As a paying customer (a rather long time ago), my partner became so incensed at the ads that played even though he paid for ad-free that he rage-cancelled his membership.
Someone get Louis on the phone. There is another article for the Consumer Action Taskforce database waiting to be written.
Surely the FTC will have some to say about this oh wait
But the CEO of proton assures me that this administration will stand up for the little guy and nominate someone who will do good antitrust work!
LMAO I’m glad I stopped using Hulu’s service as they are a corpo dumpster fire; streaming was always doomed to become shitty because corporations can’t help but screw up good things. They intentionally waited for the shift in Administration to be as bullshit as possible.
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.
This is some "boneless wings may contain bones" bullshit, fuck Hulu.
Yup, just another reason to sail the seas, which is sad because I liked streaming while it lasted.
But become your own streaming service:
https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/docker-home-media-server-2018-basic/