• BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1011·
    2 days ago

    I would immediately cancel any service that does that.

    I actively avoid advertising. I’ve cancelled Amazon prime now it has advertising.

    I got Sky’s Internet TV here in the UK - a supposedly premium service yet the first VOD demand show I streamed I found it had adverts and you had to pay more to be able to fast forward through them. I immediately cancelled.

    These companies are greedy as fuck, and driven by the stupidity of always trying to be “growing” to grow their share prices. That just means always trying to save money and take more money from their customers. Enshittification is a result of the stupidity of the stock markets.

    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.ukEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      I cancelled Amazon Prime the second they sent me that email.

      My GF then got her own subscription within less than a month so it nets out as 0 loss to Bezos in the end…

      Sometimes i imagine him pointing and laughing at me

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      56·
      2 days ago

      I was on Amazon Prime for years.

      Then in the space of one year they decided that listening to an album in order was now a “premium” feature, and that ads would be shovelled into everything.

      Sure, I lost the “free” shipping, so now I hardly buy anything from Amazon either. I see this as an absolute win.

      • BigPotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        2 days ago

        I cancelled Prime over a year ago and for some reason I still get “Prime” delivery. I don’t get the games, movies, or Twitch stuff but if I order something it shows up faster than when my partner does.

        So, I don’t hate that about Amazon… Everything else keeps me from ordering there unless there’s no other options.

      • 3dmvr@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        2 days ago

        same i was really buying a lot of pointless shit it turns out lol

    • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      Sky really pisses me off. They have exclusive rights to the F1 in the UK, but you need to pay a fortune for it, as you have to have the base sky package plus sky sports (I think) plus sky sports F1.

      Probably comes to over £50/month for something that’s on every other weekend on average, and they still show ads! If there’s a subscription, there shouldn’t be any ads.

      • Knuschberkeks@leminal.spaceEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        If all you want is F1, and you kniw someone who lives ina country where F1TV is available, try booking F1TV through them. It’s 50€/year.

  • Spiritsong@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    2 days ago

    Somebody better tell Sony about this. I’m sure they want to cash in from their patent being infringed.

    :p /s

    The dreaded future of advertising is here. Next step, in your face as you do your daily stuffs.

  • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    2 days ago
    1. Ditch all paid streaming apps.
    2. Research how Stremio, Torrentio, and Real-Debrid work together.
    3. Never pay to see ads ever again.
      • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        2 days ago

        To prevent this from happening, you should always check RTINGS first before buying a TV (or any electronics, for that matter). Scroll down to the “Ad-Free” section for the review of the TV you’re considering.

      • MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Am I behind the times? I don’t use a television. I use a desktop computer with monitors. The television itself will show ads.?

    • dzervas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      it’s very difficult for me to describe to other people how good this setup is. it’s not “check home assistant” good. it’s not “use 1password to store your passwords” good. it’s almost “just download more ram” good

    • MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      Exactly, it’s really the perfect combination, to be honest. For what? $3 a month? Outrageous?

      Or go to one of the streaming websites like 123 movies or whatnot and use an ad blocker. Same experience to an extent.

      • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        It’s €16 for 6 months of all the content you could ever care to stream, delivered straight to your living room. So yeah, about $2.75/mo USD for 1000x more content than any other streaming platform. Deal of the century.

        I should also mention that the addon support for Stremio is huge, allowing you to customize your feed exactly how you like it. A good addon for example is Trakt.tv, which recommendeds content based on your viewing habits. Perfect for people who are too dependent on Netflix/Disney/Max/YouTube/etc. and their algorithms (me).

        As the icing on the cake, Stremio also has HDR & Dolby Atmos support. Great for home theater geeks like me.

    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      checks news for Luigi fallout

      I’m not sure even that even sways them. They think it won’t happen to them.

      • Iheartcheese@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        2 days ago

        Because right now they think he was a lone nut job. It couldn’t possibly happen again. We need to prove them wrong.

      • KeenFlame@feddit.nuEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        I just think it’s missing the real culprit twice. We are not being punished and harvested by other people, but by giant entities that are soulless, with global access to replacement humans when one of their crop dies. It will just regrow its pilot instantly. It’s much more concerned about focusing efforts on its legal team to ensure it gets any profit and power the event might have left on the table.

        Similarly, when a zealot notices the slaying of one of their own, they do not think it could be them, they think about the vacant spot and the entailing power vacuum in the ranks of this entity. Humanity is a weakness and disease to them because, unsurprisingly, it is how you rise in favour with any of these odious entities.

        In society, the states have collectively chosen to worship and dedicate their life to the psychopathic entities, have elevated them first to being “legally human” whatever that means, and then beyond that, by giving them control over law and enforcement so they can punish anyone dissenting their overlords.

        Instead of resorting to clandestine conspiracies or infiltration that you might expect, people in these states are out in the open proudly celebrating the progression of the insane dark entities elevation to absolute power and esteem. “They are more human than us”, they proclaim, “they should have more rights than us. We owe it to them to collectively increase our efficiency and meet the demands so they can lead us to salvation.”

        Viciously the weak are considered insufficient, and it hurts me to the bones. Whenever any societal issue appears that clearly asks “is humanity more important, or the overlords that provides for it?” the choice is not even a question for the followers any longer, but straight up considered an insult. “Why should it not be allowed to use indiscriminately any resource that are not part of the church? It is able to, and it has all its legal rights in order. It provides for us. Look what the entity has given us. Repent, bow and work, or you will not be a sacrifice, but a casualty.”

        Some time ago, the knowledge that the entities are summoning some demonic ice age and that the last chance to survive as a species is nearing, most people chose to deny the research, for the chance to climb socially in the ranks of their respective churches by proving their loyalty. The current human leader destroying the research openly, poised to imprison any dissenters. No significant amount of people seemed upset in the states that the entities have now claimed as their sovereign.

        Every country on earth cowers before the dark entities and the fervent zealousry of their worshippers. They wear masks of defeated ideologies. The world’s most powerful military force continually wage excessive one-sided wars in the name of democracy, the face of its sword arm an obscene twist of the idea that people should vote and choose laws via representation, not by force or persuasion. It wears the skin of anything it has eaten and impersonate it not as a disguise but as a means to rally its zealots for battle.

        Luckily, if you have concerns about the irreversible damage these things are doing, a dismissive jeer the most common response, but the collective immune system of the entities is now very close to making it punishable to speak out on concerns of humanity and our species survival.

        It is of no concern of the zealots of course, that can enjoy up to 3 free hours a day that the churches generally allows for sleep. Vying for relative power in the ranks of the church is occupying their thoughts day in and day out as they climb over each other like crabs in a bucket. It’s more fun right now and they might get a better death when the doom comes. It’s ironic that the gluttony and greed are parts of humanity it did not take from us. It causes a deadlock. It’s hard not to believe it is pure malice engineering the end of our species, but that’s what most people believe. That we are killing ourselves. That we are inherently incapable of greatness due to our egoism. That degrading defeatism is hard to believe when we spend our entire day doing altruism for the entities. We have food money and resources enough for every human several times over. We have chosen to give it for safekeeping in the belly of the beast. But I love you anyway good night

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      81·
      2 days ago

      Man, I’m so mad I want to upvote this, even though I think it’s a lot more complicated than that.

      • SoftTeeth@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        2 days ago

        It’s just a historical fact

        “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

        JFK

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          Yeah, but just to pick one example, elites are entirely capable of being scared for their lives and being evil. That pretty much describes most historical systems. If you were serious about making change (which, let’s be honest, is pretty rare), you’d need a much better, more detailed plan.

          • irmoz@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            And you’re expecting them to lay out their entire plan when clearly all they wanted to do here was just express how they feel?

            • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
              1·
              19 hours ago

              OP really read more like a suggestion or fact than a statement of personal feeling. Otherwise, yeah, I would have just upvoted it.

          • SoftTeeth@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            2 days ago

            Every movement is demonized by the billionaire media, whether or not people agree with it. Consent is effectively manufactured for our government to crush dissent on behalf of their donors.

            If you come up with something let me know, but in the mean time we will probably see more vigilanties.

  • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    2 days ago

    “Our’research has determined that we can fill up to 90% of the visual field with advertisements before inducing seizures!”

    Corporations all genuinely want to be that guy so fucking bad, just because they think that if they do become him, they might actually starry to finally feel something… anything. Or they think if they become that guy their father might say "I love you " for the first time or some other sad “this is why I’m a serial killer” shit.

    • KingJalopy @lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      For one you don’t have to answer it or anything. Many streaming platforms have been doing this for awhile.

      • Muehe@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Not what OP said over on the (now deleted) Reddit post:

        So the ad was supposed to play in that black box and this is a bug?

        I had Bob’s Burgers on in the background but was playing a game with my kid. The silence caught my attention, but not at first. At first I assumed it was a, “choose your commercial” thing.

        After some more time I thought maybe it was asking if I was still watching, that’s when I looked up to see this

        I waited, nothing. I made a verbal comment and the whole family started looking. We waited, nothing.

        I grabbed my phone, snapped the pic, made the post (but didn’t actually post it), and it was still sitting there.

        I guessed an answer, got it right, and the show came back

        Then I hit “post” to actually make the post.

        Some people say it went away on its own. Others say, like me, they had to answer, and others said even after answering it didn’t go away

        I’ve had Bob’s Burgers on all morning and I’ve yet to see this again

          • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
            6·
            3 days ago

            I heard their women don’t work after giving birth. Sometimes up to a year!

            How disgusting is that?! Think of all that lost productivity, lost profit to day care, no lunches at local fast slop, no wear and tear pm the vehicles. Like really hurting the system but not participating. Very problematic behaviour.

            Thank god, not in my America!

    • spongebue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      What country and what law?

      Quick edit: you know, if Hulu doesn’t include anywhere that they do this, it could be seen as additional consideration (in the legal contractual term of the word - basically, what each party provides for the other) in order for Hulu to provide its service that wasn’t disclosed.

      Of course, that just means we’ll get yet another “We updated our terms and while we’re at it we’re increasing our rates $3/month. Fuck You.” email and that’s that.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        People say stuff like that and I’m like, what’s the actual law? “It feels bad so it’s probably illegal.”

        This particular brand of bullshit is so new I doubt there’s any legislation out there. Maybe an existing consumer protection law could be bent to fit?