• MisterFrog@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    This what we would call false advertising in my country.

    You can’t write: “NO ADS!*”

    “*actually, maybe some ads, as a treat”

    That’s just completely negating the headline claim

  • TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee
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    15 hours ago

    The biggest enabler of these are those bundles you get with cable / Internet providers. Do yourself a favor and buy these individually if at all so you can stop the subscriptions at any time without worries.

  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Hasn’t Hulu had ads on their paid tiers for a long time now? I remember that being a big deal way back, so I never bothered with a subscription.

  • EarthlingHazard@lemm.ee
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    18 hours ago

    I want to believe that all this is really saying is that if Hulu ever does a live event there will be ads but only time will tell

  • letsgo@lemm.ee
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    19 hours ago

    And I am clarifying that as I continue to subscribe to this service, circumstances may require that my payments will exclude currency, and include regular visits to The Pir[REDACTED]te Bay.

    Edit: sorry, Rule 2.

  • Merlin@lemm.ee
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    19 hours ago

    Welp, just canceled that subscription. They can fuck right off.

  • normalexit@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Hulu was my Netflix alternative. If they start showing me ads I’m done with them too. Hopefully this was added for live events, sports, etc, but I don’t know if they deserve the benefit of the doubt.

  • olympicyes@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Often times the ads are included in live streamed content like sports. Sports that don’t have ads like older MLB streams just show a weird “we will be back soon” title card because they are just simulcasting the cable broadcast.