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Next step: political adverts that quiz you on what you’ve just heard and repeat each segment if you get the answer wrong.
Just kidding though (or am I). This is truly some dystopian shit. My first reaction was what the actual fuck. And I bet you that their numbers aren’t really going to hurt that much because of this. Mark my words.
What really grinds my gears, is for every shitty “feature” like this, for every denial of policy or piece of spyware… someone thought it up.
I wonder does anyone ever, in the meeting where this is decided, bring up what a horrible idea it is? I’m sure that person won’t have the best career, but has anyone ever seen someone take the bullet?
Seen from abroad, US companies have always kind of been anti-consumer, but lately they’ve been super turbo pedal to the metal implementing that shit.
I guess they want to quickly make as much money as possible in the few years left before everything goes to hell.
Man, I’ve been to these meetings.
Shitty MBAs have a shitty idea, and when you go “that’s impossible to do / directly against any sane set of values / clearly and plainly very, very illegal”, they just go “don’t worry about it” and have you do the stupid shit. When it comes crashing down, responsibility is usually distributed like when you take a turd and throw it in a high speed industrial fan, everyone gets a little.
Then you have a choice between either becoming so jaded and cynical that it’s not even funny anymore, or switch jobs. I’ve had too many jobs.
At my former job, I saved a ridiculous number of email chains that showed my objections and the management reply to just do it in a folder I creatively named “CYA”.
And when’s the last time you actually needed that folder? At one of my employers they were openly embezzling public (EU) funds. I did report that to the authorities, they are still hot on the case with no results 2 years later.
Nothing has consequences, at most a bit of bad PR, or fines that get paid from your bonuses that you aren’t getting.
I had something similar happen. Had a boss on a job that didn’t like me so when the inevitable complaint came, I presented all of my CYA data to my manager, proving that the accusations were wrong. He couldn’t have cared less.
Next step: political adverts that quiz you on what you’ve just heard and repeat each segment if you get the answer wrong.
What are Haitian immigrants eating?
A.) Hot dogs and hamburgers
B.) Tacos
C.) Dogs and cats
D.) Haitian foodWe’re sorry, the correct answer is C.) Dogs and cats
What the fuck is a Hulu?
All I know is [email protected] (blocked by lemmy.world instance)
This is where we’re headed:
Arrr, what dickery be this “Hulu”?
Your entertainment area looks lovely.
Yo ho yo ho
do they make you keep watching the ad until you get it right?
Full refund.
They went full ret*rd, I want full refund.
(I know you can cuss on the internet, but that word has some baggage…)
Je suis en retard aujourd’hui
Should have gotten up earlier
That baggage still exists even if you leave out one of the letters.
It was my best effort of using the word in a joke and trying not to offend anybody.
How many? Turn off TV, unsubscribe from Hulu rows.
That image is 100% the academic quadrangle at Simon Fraser University. Hah.
Does it delete random pieces of your data if you give it a wrong answer?
No but allegedly, it starts over again
Seriously? Dystopian shit.
Jesus fuck.
I mean, it was inevitable, but it’s still grating that it’s here, right?
Yep. And now zero corporation oversight or repercussions. Welcome to the brave new world
Assuming you mean the election, “don’t worry”, fascists usually start meddling with the economy eventually.
Whether that means more or less ad watching, I can’t say.
Definitely more
Somewhere someone thought this was a good idea.
Fuck that individual specifically, fuck head…
We need a name
Das Capital.
You seem to be hurt by modern subscriptions, take this, it will give you strength.
When Hulu still had ads when you bought a subscription, I swore I would never pay them ever again. That was around 2014. I have stuck to it, and every year I am reminded why. Fuck Hulu.
Why would anyone put up with the attack that is advertising? If it requires you to watch ads, it’s not worth it. You wouldn’t sit through a free movie if it meant a stranger showing up every few minutes and offering to let you rim them, (it’s not that no one wants what their offering, it’s that they don’t care whether you’re interested or not. They’re still going to show you their asshole) why would you allow a similar violation of your mind?
I’m, that’s how over the air broadcasting is funded. You watch commercials. It’s been this way since television started.
a free movie
That’s the point. The movie isn’t free. You pay for the admission by rimming that guy. If you don’t want to do that, go to a different cinema and pay with money.
How old are you? The reason I ask is because it was very common to watch movies with ads via free-to-air TV in the 90s, at least in families that didn’t have cable TV.
Similar violation? How in the actual fuck is watching a few ads in anyway whatsoever even close to what you described?
Why would anyone put up with the attack that is advertising?
It’s quite simple because not think the exact way you do and have the same priorities.
you’re right. at least, depending on the person, there’s a chance rimming could be enjoyable. not so with ads that quiz you.
I never claimed that ads aren’t annoying just that it’s bizarre to compare it to sexual harassment.
It’s pretty close tbh
Ads are annoying I give you that.
