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08/08/2013 11:15:11 PM · #1 |
Killed by greed and capitalism.
You likely know what I mean...click on link to view a two minute news story and have to watch a 30+ second commercial to see it.
First only a few sites were infected by this. Now it's everywhere.
No thanks.
Internet Video is dead to me.
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08/08/2013 11:22:51 PM · #2 |
Yes, it's really annoying - and probably wasteful of my data allowance too.
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08/09/2013 12:17:00 AM · #3 |
| I completely agree. ESPECIALLY now that you have to watch the same commercial over again if you hit replay. |
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08/09/2013 12:30:50 AM · #4 |
Absolutely agree!
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I completely agree. ESPECIALLY now that you have to watch the same commercial over again if you hit replay. |
THIS! If ever I snap, go berserk, blow shit up, burn shit down and make headlines, it will be because of this. |
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08/09/2013 05:21:58 AM · #5 |
| Money makes the world go round. |
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08/09/2013 05:51:57 AM · #6 |
I fail to see the problem.
Its free, so you have to watch a little ad. I much prefer this model than paying a subscription.
Message edited by author 2013-08-09 07:34:21. |
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08/09/2013 08:26:01 AM · #7 |
| I have an ad blocker installed. Hulu puts up an apology notice that they are unable to play my ad. Then I have to stare at a black screen until the ad would have been done. |
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08/09/2013 08:28:18 AM · #8 |
The ad doesnt bother me. I just ignore them anyway. They have to make money someway
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08/09/2013 08:50:28 AM · #9 |
At least with TV you have a higher show to ad ratio. With the internet video model, the ad is sometimes as long or almost as long as the clip. And with an ad every clip, it's a much higher ad ratio than TV. (And admittedly, I never watch ads on TV since I rarely watch live TV; thankfully, they don't do that on Netflix (that part of Internet Video lives on.)
I used to have adblock plus on my chrome install, but took it out to streamline chrome (using as few add ons as possible, since Chrome has been misbehaving lately).
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08/09/2013 10:04:57 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by Neil:
At least with TV you have a higher show to ad ratio. |
Not really. The ad percentage for commercial television runs about 31% these days (that's up from about 18% in 1977). So for a two-minute clip, at 30% ad ratio, you'd have to endure about 36 seconds of ad time. So the ratios are much the same. |
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