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Why do steaming services think they have a captive audience and I'm not going to ditch all of them with the crazy influx of annoying ads? (lemmy.world)

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I've been unmotivated in the past but i think it's time to sort out an alternative.

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[-] hightrix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

But they haven’t added unskippable unavoidable ads yet.

When/if they do, that’ll tell a story.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 1 month ago

The issue is by the time they do, they control the market and not much alternatives.

Thank god old mates kept sailing for rest of us were funding our future enemies because it was convenient

[-] weker01@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Amazon prime video has iirc

[-] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

You're paying for a service AND you get ads? Sounds great.

[-] hightrix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

No. I don’t pay for a service that has ads. That’s what I just said. If they add ads, I cancel.

[-] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

Ads you can skip are still ads, even if they're 2s.

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