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Netflix, Streaming Videos & DVDs

Voltaire2

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3. I stopped watching. Really it wasn't a big loss.

Reply to LearnedHand (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2024, 11:57 AM

Mar 2024

There was almost nothing on prime I wanted to watch to begin with as they apparently spent their entire production and acquisition budget on the massively awful LOR prequel. Hulu has much better content, soi I will put up with ads there, but it is also my last choice for watching. I hate ads. I hate ads so much that I will start a basketball game on Youtube TV and then go watch something else, and then come back and watch the game while fast-forwarding through the bullshit. I assume Prime, like Hulu, does not allow you to skip through the ads.

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Has anyone watched Amazon Prime without paying the fee to go ad free? [View all] LearnedHand Mar 2024 OP

They aren't too bad, not as bad as network tv. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #1

Thanks, and do the ads interrupt the shows or occur in between? LearnedHand Mar 2024 #2

Give 'em a couple'a months. 3Hotdogs Mar 2024 #17

I stopped watching. Really it wasn't a big loss. Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #3

All my streaming services are the ad-free tier except Amazon LearnedHand Mar 2024 #5

Nice trick I have discovered for Hulu. Cancel in November because it seems like the past few Decembers they Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #10

I bundled Hulu ad-free and Disney ad-free to get a significantly lower monthly cost LearnedHand Mar 2024 #11

I tend to get one streaming service, watch what I want on it, then cancel and move to another, cycling through Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #12

I have. So far, they're not bad. Network & Cable is 50% ads. AP so far is maybe 10% n/t CousinIT Mar 2024 #4

Do the ads interrupt shows/movies or occur in between? LearnedHand Mar 2024 #8

Wow. In addition to the $14.99 a month, they're now charging a fee for no ads? Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #6

The ads are very minimal Fiendish Thingy Mar 2024 #7

Thanks! LearnedHand Mar 2024 #9

I gave up watching Northern Exposure Easterncedar Mar 2024 #14

Ugh thx for the detail LearnedHand Mar 2024 #16

I basically only watch Netflix, Kanopy, and Hoopla bif Mar 2024 #13

Same for me, sort of LearnedHand Mar 2024 #15

There''s so much great content on Hoopla and especially Kanopy! bif Mar 2024 #18

So, a week's worth then? LearnedHand Mar 2024 #19