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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.
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 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.
Ooh, I know the answer!
That image is 100% the academic quadrangle at Simon Fraser University. Hah.
Dropped Hulu so very long ago.
Somewhere someone thought this was a good idea.
Fuck that individual specifically, fuck head…
We need a name
Das Capital.
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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.
Does it delete random pieces of your data if you give it a wrong answer?
No but allegedly, it starts over again
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
Seriously? Dystopian shit.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
What happens if you answer wrong?
you do reset if you failed after that, you have to rewatch the film from start
You get sent to ad prison for re-education.
Re-aducation
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.
It’s as if they want you to torrent stuff again.
And funnily I feel less worse than the last time (before netflix arose)…
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.
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.
same i was really buying a lot of pointless shit it turns out lol
Yep and its never going to get better if you stay, only worse
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
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.
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.
This is a brand lift study. It’s almost worthless: Hulu is paid nearly zero for it. I can’t believe they’ve stooped this low to scrape so little incremental revenue with such a customer hostile tack. Their product and analytics people must truly suck and completely lack awareness of counter metrics.
That’s exactly what I was thinking.
I genuinely don’t understand why people still use Hulu when you can watch the same shit in better bitrate with no ads and no subscription
We’re not even talking about a Plex server or anything just freakin stream it off the 1000 trusted sources
The liberal mind is full of mysteries
So uh. Just wanna get your input here.
What single detail stands out to you as “liberal” here?
I’m sure I’ll be fascinated by your answer.
It’s an .ml user if you don’t jump through their hoops then you’re not a real leftist and they’ll call you a “liberal” like they’re a fucking MAGAt.
Their post history is… Something else.
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