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How Streaming Destroyed TV (youtu.be)

submitted 2 months ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] tartan@lemmy.ml 55 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ads "destroyed" TV. Streaming only became popular because it meant no fucking ads. Now ads are destroying streaming. Circle of capitalist life, I suppose.

[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Circle jerk of capitalist life,

Fify

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yup, that's why I subscribed to Netflix. I refused to get a TV sub because of all the stupid ads. Netflix offered enough of a selection and had no ads. I cancelled my Disney+ sub because I wasn't willing to pay the increased "no ads" price, and I'm trying to convince my wife to drop Netflix because of the increased "no ads" price. We also had problems with both service because we downloaded a bunch of videos to watch offline a week or two in advance (we had back-to-back trips), and we couldn't access our content offline when we needed it.

Ads can suck on a fat one, I'm going back to buying physical media. I don't care too much about the selection, I care about not having ads. I pay for Nebula because, you guessed it, no ads. I would pay for YouTube Premium, but their app sucks for offline viewing, and I'm better off with alternatives (e.g. Grayjay is a much better experience offline than YouTube Premium). I'm willing to pay extra to avoid ads, and the market seems intent on abusing me for it, so I'm noping out.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

So the pricing is killing them (for you) not the ads.

No, the fact that they totally went back on their whole shtick (ad-free streaming) made me want to drop their service. If they didn't have an ad-supported tier and increased the price, I'd probably still be with them. But since they have an ad-supported tier, and I know a thing or two about ad-revenue, I know they're making far less through ads than the difference between the ad-supported and ad-free tiers, so they're just fleecing me because they can.

If it was merely price, I would've left long ago because we honestly don't watch that much Netflix (we kept it because it's convenient). It's the slap in the face and the apparent push toward ad-supported viewing that alienated me. I'd honestly prefer to pay more for a service that refuses to use advertising at all and has worse selection (e.g. Nebula, which is worse in pretty much every way vs YouTube, except creator compensation and lack of ads). I pay for Tuta, which is a worse experience in almost every way vs gmail precisely because it doesn't harvest my data. If I was more concerned w/ price, I'd still be with gmail. Netflix showing ads means they have an incentive to sell my personal data, and I want nothing to do with it.

[–] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/netflix-is-kicking-us-subscribers-off-its-cheapest-ad-free-plan-soon/

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

Streaming is the best thing that happened to TV.

The fragmentation and exclusivity bullshit sucks, but streaming, on demand, in any length of time I want to spend in a sitting, without ads? I barely watched TV before streaming, because it wasn't worth the downsides.

[–] astro_ray@piefed.social 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

After Adam Conover said, "...mastodon is the linux of social media, no one will use it...", I stopped listening to his opinion.

[–] AssaultPepper@monero.town 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He is on Mastodon @adamconover@mastodon.social though.

And I do agree with the first part of the statement...but I think a good chunk of us here use Linux so the latter part falls flat.

Perhaps we'll see it similar moreso to Unix. Where activity pub is Unix and is used around the world. But Linux is still used by a small portion of the population.

[–] tal 3 points 2 months ago

He is on Mastodon @adamconover@mastodon.social though.

He's also apparently someone who streams video on YouTube!

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean I use Mastodon and Linux and even I know he was 100% right about that.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 months ago

bro it is the year of linux desktop and fediverse

trust me bro

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago

Eh. Adam Conover is James Corden Zero. 🤮

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I moved out my first decision was to not get cable anymore. Streaming wasn't even a factor in that decision as Netflix was only just starting here. I just didn't care about all the drivel broken up by increasingly long commercial blocks. Lack of quality killed TV for me, not streaming.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

I see grimace, i don't click.

[–] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

The only thing I got from this is that bro loves ads more than anything in the world.

[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Yar Har Fiddle Dee Dee! Being a Pirate is alright with me! Do what you want cuz a Pirate is Free! You are a Pirate!

[–] style99@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

We would be far better off without TV. Sadly, TV is still alive and busy brainwashing millions as we speak.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think there's way too many salty nerds here that either didn't see the video or didn't even get the point Adam was making.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 months ago

didn't even get the point Adam was making.

I don't think you understood the point the peasants are making in these here comments

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Eurovision is on public broadcasters for a reason.