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Ryuji-Dono
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Is it cheap as a form of bait or something?
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WANNFH
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Ryuji-Dono
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Well, my current plan on both doesn’t include ads so… |
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MarshalBanana
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Does anyone know how the adds work? There's a streaming service i was called Now TV, which has a few minutes of adds when you start a Movie, after that there no more, and if you stop and start again you don't get them again. if the adds on Netflix work the same, i can't see it being a problem. But if it is like Crunchyroll adds where the stream will stop at certain points for adds, then that is a hindrance.
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Beatdigga
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My guess is it’s like Hulu, where specific sections are earmarked for ad breaks and you can’t go before or after them without triggering the ads. |
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Honeyman
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I wonder if the streaming services are increasing the price of existing subscriptions, then offering these cheaper options with ads to make them seem better value for money? It will be of interest to some but I'm not sure that streaming with ads is the right way to do it tbh.
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whiskeyii
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Hulu does this for TV shows (which are shot and structured for ad breaks), but I’ve never watched a movie on Hulu. Do they do this for movies too? That must be super annoying! |
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prime_pm
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Well at least this doesn't apply to me...although thinking how I only watch Netlfix every so often it might well be soon.
My only hope is that they get some decent advertisers for their brand. No more Goddamn Progressive; keep them on Hulu. Come to think, Tubi had local ads on their airings, including election pieces for certain states. |
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zrdb
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And my friends ask me why I refuse to have anything to do with streaming......!
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Wyvern
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I've never had Hulu with ads, but if you watch a movie on Ad-Free Hulu you'll notice a few scenes here and there where the screen fades to black randomly. Those are added by Hulu; it's where they place the ads. I think they do about one ad break per half-hour, so in a two hour movie you'll get four ads. |
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WANNFH
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enurtsol
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If ya don't want ads, just keep paying the high price - nothing's changed
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SHD
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I'd been mulling over subscribing to this tier, but if this is what they're planning then it's bye-bye Netflix for good as far as I'm concerned. I don't like ads but I'm not someone who rages about them (as long as they're not political campaign crap) so I wouldn't necessarily mind having ads say, before start and at the end, or something like that. But interrupting the movie or episode is something I don't care for at all, and I'm not going to support such a scheme. (Not to mention, if it's 4 minutes of ads per hour, then in practice that meanst at least 4 minutes in case of a 1-hour episode, depending on whether it goes over 60 minutes and if yes, with how much; and in case of a movie, with today's movies being usually over 2 hours long, it's at least 8 minutes, but likely more, depending on how much the movie goes over 120 minutes.) I've already hated Netflix for the shitty video quality they offer for their lowest paid tier, if for this new tier they'll offer the same but with intrusive ads... I'm not sure how popular it's going to be in their main markets.
Except, of course, if someone is looking for a cheaper tier because they can't afford to continue paying a higher price that may include services they don't even use. (Which is why I've never subscribed to Netflix: the lowest tier offers ridiculous video quality, but the next lowest tier wants me to pay for features that are of no use to me.) Ostensibly the aim here is for Netflix to gain more subscribers looking for affordable access to Netflix, and also to provide an option to existing subscribers to continue using the service even if they can't afford a higher priced tear. I mean, we're in the middle of a pretty crappy global, well, situation, and when people decide it's time to start cutting costs to save money, they tend to start with entertainment. |
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Greed1914
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Probably. Mid-content ads are more disruptive, but there is less chance of someone doing something else during several short ads compared to longer ones. If you have 4 minutes at the start, most will press play, do something else, and come back when it starts. The ones at the end, well obviously there is a good chance they'll exit. Comedy Central, for example, jumps immediately into the opening of the next show and then does ads, even after 30 seconds, just to counter people not sticking around when those ads roll. Adult Swim is kind of the odd one out these days in that it has stuck to the 4 minutes in the middle and 4 minutes at the end. I could see myself switching to this, depending on things like video quality. Netflix is overpriced for how much I use it, especially compared to Crunchyroll, so a lower subscription fee has its benefits for me. I have wanted them to offer something between what they currently have where it's the cheapest plan without HD, or HD but with multiple screens since I live alone making it a wasted feature. |
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PabloGarciaCoutino
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Sponsored content is not new on Netflix. There has been on Netflix for at least a decade an incessant drug promotion/cartel promotion/ drug consumption promotion on every movie, every series that Netflix produces. Also, there is a "brain-washing" globalism/totalitarian agenda. Everything is genocide, LBGTB+ rights, totalitarian dystopias, apocalypse movies, series, etc. content should be free if they are trying to constantly brainwash you right??
So they want to keep on charging 7-9 dollars a month like they did 10 years ago, to keep the millions of subscribers that are leaving Netflix now, that you can only use your subscription at one home/office/IP address? Each different IP address will be charged 2.99 a month... whether you are paying 15.49 or more... While Amazon Prime, Disney+ are still 6.99-9 a month. Disney+ includes ESPN with exclusive sports. Amazon Prime has created a lot of blockbuster movies and series (more than Netflix). Since 2016, Netflix has "spent" 18 billion a year to produce exclusive Netflix content (that is not really exclusive) because it usually airs first on the local producer's networks (South Korea, Japan, Brazil, Spain, etc.) Now that Disney+ has surpassed Netflix in subscribers (June 2022). Netflix receives all of the karma that it created with Blockbuster, etc.Without lasting content, without more than 2 series, maybe 3 movies, there is no real reason to be subscribed to Netflix today. Netflix's only long term solution will be a PPV Episode or movie service (like when it started, mailing DVD's to subscribers homes). Now that they are charging a 2.99 per home/per IP surcharge to the 15.49+ subscription, there is no real reason to have a "monthly subscription service", especially if you won't be able to use it across your (mobile phone, office, home, vacation home, hotel, travel, etc.) like one could before. |
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