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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24467641
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Hulu does this thing sometimes where you can choose which ad you want if two videos. Usually there is a timer to pick a default for you. I don’t see a timer on the screen, but I’m still wondering if Lexus is using that feature for this ad. Did it not progress until you selected something?
The right side of the screen is suspiciously out of frame. Is that where the timer usually is?
I think it usually is, but I haven’t seen very many of these and I try to ignore ads as a form of protest lol.
holy fucking shit and people give me the “you’re a bad person” side-eye when i tell them there is such an easy way to never deal with that bullshit ever
That’s really odd, I bring up piracy in conversation decently often (usually if I’m talking about a show and someone asks me if that’s on Netflix/Prime/Disney+/Hulu or whatever and I have to tell them I haven’t a clue)
The reaction had never been judgement, more so curiosity about how I go about my piracy.
Although I guess that’s really more of an indication of the poor, anti-capitalist leftist types I tend to associate with than anything else :P
Aaaannnnd this just resolidifies my decision to not engage with streaming services. What a load of shit.
do they make you keep watching the ad until you get it right?
I’d cancel any service that did this to me.
Right? We don’t have nice things because we put up with bull crap.
It’s finally here…
And the example they use is a guy shooting another guy on TV.
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America, Fuck Yeah
As long as it’s not a breast
Yeah imagine someone shooting a q breast.
Imagine a guy breasting another guy.
Its the second comercial
Cyberpunk 2077 call out
You don’t have to answer the question you know. It’s shitty, yes, but it’s not forcing anything to happen.
The problem will not continue without answering
Not yet…
Error. Please drink a verification can.
Classic
Is this fucking real? Get fucked, mainstream media, if this is the case. Plenty of books and old games to keep me occupied until Alzheimers hits, and then occupied again afterwards
This isn’t mainstream media.
This is capitalism.This is a company making a product, selling it for a given price, then making additional money from embedded ads.
Whether that ad revenue is additional profit, or to offset the actual cost of the item - because the sold it at a loss to beat their competitors - doesn’t really matter.
This is the consumer paying for something, and not getting a full and complete productLol.
EVERYTHING BAD IS CAPITALISM!
Aiight, Lemmy.
Mainstream media and capitalism are part of the same bullshit
Mainstream media is just media consumed by the majority of people.
It has nothing to do with money.
But capitalism tends to rot anything it touches.
No, mainstream media is part of capitalism.
Specifically shitty mainstream media (I’m sure there are some mainstream media providers that aren’t shitty).This is a shitty product.
This is a shitty product that is part of capitalism.
This is a shitty product that is part of capitalism which happens to show mainstream media.But this isn’t mainstream media.
Mainstream media would want in on the ad revenue. Mainstream media would facilitate & encourage this.
This is just a shitty product from a shitty company capitalising on shitty practices.
Edit:
I guess “part of the same bullshit” is correct.
But it’s placing the blame on the wrong thingYeah, I had to really masticate on my phrasing for a while and never really settled on a statement that reflected properly my true meaning. Glad you could see where I was coming from
Is this real? I’m pretty sure this is ilegal in my country
you must live in one of those real countries I’ve only read about.
Imagine not living on a super mega gatorade plantation
But it’s got electrolytes! It’s what plants crave.
I bet, like, they don’t even have freedom or whatever.
Fucking losers amirite?
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 on my America!
Sounds like they should be in jail for communism to me!
For one you don’t have to answer it or anything. Many streaming platforms have been doing this for awhile.
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
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.
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?
Drink verification can to continue
Shove it up your ass to make daddy happy
Insert verification dildo and yell McDonald’s when you climax to end commercial.
Immediate uninstall and cancel.
Fuck that.
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It was a pretty good few years, but unfortunately the enshitification was a slow and painful burn at the end there…
I already don’t subscribe to Hulu, but I want to do my part to fight this.
Is there something I can do actively to cost them money?
Help teach other people to pirate
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Extremely infuriating. Fuck that, pirate hat stays firmly in place.
Yep my media server is better quality and I can share it with my friends
Arrrrrhhhhhh
Thank you. Came to see if anyone had done this, was not disappointed
These companies are insufferable.
