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[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 5 points 13 hours ago

Good thing I pirate all their shit already if I want it.

I stopped paying for Amazon Prime over a year ago once they announced similar bullshit with their video service.

Once Disney dropped subscription sharing.... I started downloading their shit too.

Now i'm left with Netflix and Crunchyroll. I'm this close to axing netflix. Crunchyroll is kinda shit but at least it's cheap.

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 13 points 21 hours ago

This what we would call false advertising in my country.

You can't write: "NO ADS!*"

"*actually, maybe some ads, as a treat"

That's just completely negating the headline claim

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

Ok. But the first one i see and im canceling

[–] fwdbias@lemm.ee 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"No ads" don't mean we don't show ads....duh

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

"No capes!"

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They seem to be a bit stupid about punctuation. It should read "No, ads!"

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Whoops, shouldn't have that bar assocation logo here either.

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[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Yo ho yo ho

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The biggest enabler of these are those bundles you get with cable / Internet providers. Do yourself a favor and buy these individually if at all so you can stop the subscriptions at any time without worries.

[–] dzervas@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

in Greece at least nobody gives you the option - unless it's a very pricey service that you can pay as a package

[–] mtchristo@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ads free but with ads ! So words included in a contract don't carry the same meaning as in the dictionary ?

[–] Merlwyb673@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

Welp, just canceled that subscription. They can fuck right off.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pirate your shows. Not just as a defense against ads, but as a defense against Disney throwing plotlines down the Memory Hole

[–] Merlwyb673@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

This is what I do:

  1. Buy a perpetual license to the content I want (usually on Prime or Microsoft Store)
  2. Pirate it and load it onto my PLEX server.

This is the only way I can actually have control over the content that I fucking paid for. If that makes me a thief, then so be it.

Of course, this only works for PPV content. I generally just don't watch content that's available via streaming subscriptions only. I never paid for cable and I'm not paying for cable 2.0.

[–] Carl@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's no way that they should be allowed to advertise "no ads" when there are in fact ads. This is consumer protection so basic and obvious that it should be a slam dunk even with the current government... right?

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

There's no way this should be a profitable course of action. If I was paying for no Ads and started getting Ads I would immediately cancel my subscription and go somewhere else.

Unfortunately too many people are good little consumers who just don't care and it doesn't even occur to them to stop paying and demand better.

[–] gerowen@lemmy.world 90 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't theft. ;-)

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Streaming is akin to renting not buying

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Even with renting we didn't had ads in between.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

Wasn’t saying streaming was good

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you're ruining the catchy slogan, it's like you don't even want this to be Reddit

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[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago

This update brought to you by the letter ARRRR

[–] westyvw@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hulu did this shit in 2014. Never used them again. Hulu is crap, you are kinda getting what you deserve.

[–] JackAttack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

I would argue all streaming services have gone to shit. I'm not saying I encourage anyone to pirate that doesn't want to. But I am saying i don't blame a single soul that does.

As far as I'm concerned all those companies can go fuck themselves. They know that the less technical people will willingly keep paying so the ones they lose won't matter.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's why I pay for hulu+++×+

It's guaranteed you'll never see an ad*

*unless Hulu determines it is justified

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, it's ad-free as long as you consume at least one verification can every 10 minutes

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 80 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"circumstances may require"

No, you just want to do that.

[–] frosty@pawb.social 25 points 1 day ago

"Our financial circumstances (our shareholders want more money) require..."

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[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And I am clarifying that as I continue to subscribe to this service, circumstances may require that my payments will exclude currency, and include regular visits to The Pir[REDACTED]te Bay.

Edit: sorry, Rule 2.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Private Torrents

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

If those titles require ads, don't include them in my feed. I don't want to know they exist.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago
[–] Punchshark@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

So happy I can exist with no subscriptions!

[–] ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 177 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Damn today sucks eztv gotta work a little harder removing those ads for me now

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[–] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Paramount Plus is the same way.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Hulu was my Netflix alternative. If they start showing me ads I'm done with them too. Hopefully this was added for live events, sports, etc, but I don't know if they deserve the benefit of the doubt.

[–] B312@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

🏴‍☠️

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 53 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Reminder that whatever your feelings on copyright law are, stealing from Disney is fucking cool

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hasn't Hulu had ads on their paid tiers for a long time now? I remember that being a big deal way back, so I never bothered with a subscription.

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[–] JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 120 points 2 days ago (18 children)

If people would just drop their service en masse they would stop doing this shit. Everyone acts like they can be without a streaming service for a month or two so they'll just complain as they continue to hand them money.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

I’m interested to know if Hulu is under pressure from content owners here. The way this is worded makes it sound like ads are a negotiated part of some of their content licensing deals that they cannot avoid. I’m just curious if that’s in part because of the content owners. Maybe those owners don’t want to give content for a flat fee and instead want a % cut of the business, or something?

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 89 points 2 days ago (8 children)

If the no ads and ads free version contains adds then pirating is also not immoral anymore.

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[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 53 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

What a wonderful world we live in - boneless chicken with bones, ad-free streaming with ads, unlimited plans with limits... What's next, Nestle releasing microplastics and cadmium free water (guess what's in it!)?

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