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Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] -41 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

If you trust any corporate media concern to not succumb to enshittification, then you deserve to watch your stupid commercials. You paid for the privilege because you enabled the abuser.

I prefer to get what I pay for and I pay for nothing, media-wise. If I watch ads, it's because I'm watching something like the Super Bowl with my OTA DVR that's playing on network TV. It's free, so OK - commercials. If I'm watching anything else, it's on my Plex server and there are no commercials.

I do pay for entertainment. I pay for experiences, like going to the movies, going to live rock shows, going to performances or exhibitions - all IRL - but that's about it. I might consider paying for other entertainment options but there is one thing I won't ever do: I won't pay for media that I don't own and I won't watch commercials for media I paid for.

Edit: look at all the butthurt. Go ahead and keep paying through the nose then if you like it so much. I'm sure all the millionaires and billionaires who profit off your largesse will continue to treat you with the same kindness as they have in the past.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"People deserve to be exploited because they dared to use a convenient, affordable service."

Seriously, what a bad take. It's not like I gave them all my passwords and Power of Attorney! It's fine your budgeting decisions work for you, but you shouldn't cheer on companies providing a bad experience to customers that "trusted" them...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

You understand that someone has to pay for that entertainment shit you use to kill your time with? You are literally shitting on people who are paying for you.