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On 5/22/24 9:10 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On May 22, 2024 at 6:34:42 PM PDT, "Dimensional Traveler" <dtravel@sonic.net>
> wrote:
> 
>>
>> The Streamable
>>
>>
>> https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/which-ad-free-streaming-tiers-are-actually-ad-free/ar-BB1mRtOJ?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=9ccf2c8360f34f91b07a30af4ee047a6&ei=45
>>
>> Pre-play ads on so-called ‘ad-free’ streaming plans are increasingly
>> common, and we’ll take a look at which streamers are forcing viewers to
>> sit through them.
>>
>> The one-time idealistic belief that streaming would be ad-free forever
>> has long since been shattered. Streamers are not only spinning up
>> ad-supported plans to tempt price-sensitive customers, they are even
>> going to lengths like discontinuing low-priced ad-free plans and
>> cracking down on account sharing to entice people to opt for
>> ad-supported plans over ad-free versions. Streaming providers simply
>> can’t ignore the revenue available through advertising, and ads have
>> become such necessary income generators that they’ve even seeped onto
>> ad-free plans.
> 
> Yeah, I've noticed that the Paramount + and the Apple TV+ both front-load ads
> for their own content into their ad-free tier. I called P+ customers service
> and complained and the girl told me they don't consider trailers for their own
> content to be ads. I told her that I'm the one paying the bills and an ad is
> an ad. Just because you're advertising your own product doesn't make it any
> less an ad. Of course that got me nowhere.


They have this new thing now, they're called class action lawsuits.  You 
should speak to an attorney and find out more about them, instead of 
posting to Usenet to further sound like you've been castrated.



>> Will Prime Video Begin Placing Ads on Ad-Free Plan?
>>
>> It feels like a safe bet that Prime Video will eventually begin showing
>> pre-play ads, and maybe even pause ads on its ad-free plan.
> 
> These are the absolute worst. When I pause a show, it's usually because
> there's something on screen I want to examine, like a handwritten note or a
> computer screen or something that flashes by too quickly to read it all. But
> with these asinine 'pause ads', the moment you hit pause, a fucking ad for
> tampons or something fills the screen and makes it impossible to see what
> caused you to pause it in the first place.
> 
>