“No ads” don’t mean we don’t show ads…duh
They seem to be a bit stupid about punctuation. It should read “No, ads!”
Ads free but with ads ! So words included in a contract don’t carry the same meaning as in the dictionary ?
Paramount Plus is the same way.
This update brought to you by the letter ARRRR
Pirate your shows. Not just as a defense against ads, but as a defense against Disney throwing plotlines down the Memory Hole
Damn today sucks eztv gotta work a little harder removing those ads for me now
Private Torrents
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
This might be meant to cover things like paid sponsorships.
So an ad for a product that the sponsor of the content makes?
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.
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.
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
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
Hulu has always had a clause like that. Their ad-free tier has always had a handful of shows that have an ad at the beginning and end, which is why I don’t pay for the ad-free tier and just use NextDNS.
Those were initially limited to shows that had contracts in place before hulu existed and was limited to like 3 shows.
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“circumstances may require”
No, you just want to do that.
“Our financial circumstances (our shareholders want more money) require…”
Numbers aren’t going up fast enough.
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.
