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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 ad
for their own content into their ad-free tier. I called P+ customers servic
and complained and the girl told me they don't consider trailers for their ow
content to be ads. I told her that I'm the one paying the bills and an ad i
an ad. Just because you're advertising your own product doesn't make it an
less an ad. Of course that got me nowhere.

> 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 becaus
there's something on screen I want to examine, like a handwritten note or 
computer screen or something that flashes by too quickly to read it all. Bu
with these asinine 'pause ads', the moment you hit pause, a fucking ad fo
tampons or something fills the screen and makes it impossible to see wha
caused you to pause it in the first place.