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Do normal people mute the ads or just let the television keep going? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I diligently mute them, I'm a freak I cannot stand them. But from the nature of many people's complaints about ads, it seems like they listen to them and want to retain the words they've said?

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[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Ads weren't bad when it was like a minute with of commercials. Now it can be 7 minutes at a time. The worst was when I was watching Star Trek Voyager, a one hour show was actually 27 minutes of ads. Not a joke. 27 minutes of ads and 33 minutes of show. That was what broke me. I now record everything and watch it later and fast forward through the commercials.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Was it through streaming, cable, or some other digital thing?

I don't see advertising as straying away from being a sub-conversation of intellectual property. If a service emphasizes its usage, I'm either going to honor it all the way through or switch to an alternate medium.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Cable tv

And I’m sorry I just disagree. A few ads is one thing. Basically half the show is just stupid. I won’t watch that many commercials. I’ll record the show

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

What were you doing to end up with a program that was interrupted like that by the minute?

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