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0 pointsnjarboe3y ago0 comments

Since many services now split into two tiers with a cheaper option for no ads, maybe ads showing up in no-ads tier won't happen. There really wasn't the possibility to do that before streaming (multiple cable channels I guess could have been done). I pay for ad free YouTube, HBO, and Netflix (although often cancel for awhile when nothing on the service interests me). Ads for other shows on the service at the beginning of shows/movies that I can fast forward through is the most ads I will tolerate.

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lfowles3y ago

No such luck. The Hulu no-ad tier still has ads for a select few shoes.

pests3y ago

That's due to contract reasons. Hulu keeps a list of shows they are required to show ads on:

https://help.hulu.com/s/article/no-ads-exceptions

autoexec3y ago

Contracts the wrote themselves for themselves. Disney owns Hulu and ABC and ABC owns Grey’s Anatomy.

They aren't being forced to show ads. They chose too.

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kgwxd3y ago

I think all but Netflix show a preview for another show on the service before the thing I actually want to watch, I count that as an ad.

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