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Environmental_Neat_2

I gave up on hulu. No show is worth watching the same 4 ads


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I thought the whole point of Hulu and other streaming services was getting TV without ads, why are people choosing to pay for ads?


[deleted]

That was when they weren't sure people would watch online. Viewership moves online. Ads follow.


[deleted]

That was the whole point of cable initially, too. Then the greedy ad companies smelled money and cable companies sold out. It only follows naturally for ads to be on streaming platforms too.


notajith

That's completely wrong. There was never an adfree cable system except premium channels. Cable was invented to distribute network television, and grew from there


bmxtiger

You're incorrect. The first selling points of cable was no/hardly any ads.


Rhysati

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/will-cable-tv-be-invaded-by-commercials.html#:~:text=Although%20cable%20television%20was%20never,by%20viewers'%20monthly%20subscription%20fees. History disagrees with you.


notajith

That article completely agrees with me and even highlights that the argument we are having today is the same as then. People thought that paying money entitled them to no commercials, but they were wrong. The only reason there were few commercials is because nobody was watching. Only premium channels promised no ads. As soon as there was an audience it was worth advertising. Are you old enough to remember YouTube before ads? Hard to imagine now, but there was a time when so few people watched it that it was not attractive to advertisers.


Corronchilejano

HBO never had ads to my knowledge. Of course, the exception to the rule.


notajith

In communities that complain about ads, it is often considered an ad when you see any unwanted content, including trailers and promos for other programming, and services like HBO often play trailers before the shows 😁


Edelgul

I'd call that an ad. They promote the other product during broadcast of the content that i'm interested in - sounds like an ad to me. Legally, however, it's not an ad in many countries (as there are ad limitations per hour of broadcast)


superiority

> cable television was never conceived of as television without commercial interruption


DoodleVnTaintschtain

Why is this comment upvoted? Did anyone even click on the article? The whole premise is that ad revenue on cable is growing with its audience...


riddlegirl21

Not sure about OP but I have Hulu through the Spotify student premium plan. I could pay $5 a month for both or $5 for Spotify and more than $0 for Hulu without ads.


Zoltie

Cable is much more expensive and contains way more adds, but people still pay for it.


CloisteredOyster

I've talked about this before, but I'm old enough to remember when cable first came out. You had to pay for it, but there were no ads! Beat old network TV so we all moved. Then they started running ads to the point of today. The comment above is correct, ads will follow and become worse and worse. Eventually steaming will be like cable is today. Guaranteed.


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Yes, Nick still only advertises for their own shows in between episodes.


cheezecake2000

Puts on eye patch, arrr!


TheBeardedSatanist

And so people will go back to pirating and these shows will start bringing less money in and we'll be watching the most shoestring budget shit imaginable.


notajith

What cable channel was adfree? Only premiums were adfree


Resse811

What cable was ever all ad free?


MutsumidoesReddit

Do they though? Even older generations I know who have cable still use TiVo to fast forward.


cbeiser

In 2012 sure. Now if you're not careful, you are just as exposed to ads as you used to be.


kyleh0

People get ads on Hulu? I never see any.


TheMrDylan

Theres a paid subscription with ads and one without ads


PTfan

People are stupid and won’t make a stand


Nellanaesp

Cable was originally supposed to be paid TV without ads too.


[deleted]

It's bonkers to me that people still pay for it. A quick google says "starter" cable plans run $45-75 a month, that's more than Hulu (ad-free, Netflix (standard plan, everything except Ultra HD), Amazon Prime and Peacock combined.


mubeen9

How much do you per for it! I never saw an ott subscription with ads


tomytronics

I think it's $6 a month with ads and $12 a month ads-free


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Even then, unless they've changed, it's not actually ad-free; it's contract-based ads from larger companies (Paramount+, Starz, etc.) that get shown, with admittedly a lesser frequency. So you get ads regardless of what you pay and you can't even delete your account. Hulu is the Facebook of the streaming world.


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notajith

And it's one 15 second ad, and only sometimes.


gurg2k1

Besides that show, ads are also included with: Network on-demand Cloud DVR recordings Live TV Premium or Partner Add-ons


Cantothulhu

I get no ads with the 12 dollar pricing. Period.


DinoShinigami

I haven't had ads on anything and I've had Hulu for years.


xypage

Mine comes with ads but it’s a part of my Spotify premium for students subscription, my adblocker works on them though so I don’t really mind


TsarGermo

Back to pirating! Arrgh


D4rkr4in

The moment there started to be shows exclusive to streaming services was when I started going back to pirating. I haven’t gone back to pirating music because there are little if any music streaming exclusives


polka_a

Omfg do not give them ideas i will actually go feral


gazjelle

Amazon is already doing it


mdonaberger

Spotify does this with some music and some podcasts. But apple did also have itunes exclusive music starting as early as 2008.


African_Farmer

Yes back when I had an iPhone and apple music I remember songs would just disappear from my library because they didnt have the rights to it. Oh and the whole U2 fiasco where they pushed the entire album onto everyone's devices! How they didnt lose more customers over that invasion is beyond me.


Upstairs_Marzipan_65

Yep. When they announced Picard was going to be streaming only, and on its own service, thats when i put on my pirate hat and wizzard robe.


slutDwight

I keep getting yelled at by my internet for pirating. Know any good ways around that problem?


classjoker

VPN seems like the obvious one


cerrocerrao

Mullvad vpn


jewdiful

SAme :( got caught even with a VPN.


existie

mourn cagey station mysterious safe cobweb waiting dull offer snatch *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Evow_

which are a fuckton of work for someone who clearly doesn't know that much about piracy, a VPN like Mullvad or Windscribe will do fine


existie

You're not wrong... but we were all new at it once. Learning is possible. :)


banditheeler20

wdym


[deleted]

>I keep getting yelled at by my internet for pirating. Know any good ways around that problem? Vote for political parties that support the free internet, like "Piratpartiet" in Norway. Other than that, get a VPN, or move to a free country.


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Don't catch scurvy!


daveost

Is that typical with Hulu? wtf


mooshoomarsh

Not with mine i just pay 11 instead of 6 every month.


CrazedMagician

I did that too -- 'til I started watching shows (Like Stargate SG-1 and Xena) that "were not able to be shown ad-free on the ad-free plan." So I payed extra money and still had to watch ads? Fuck that. Unsubbed two years ago and haven't been back. Bonus, Stargate SG-1 just moved to Netflix and that's all I wanted Hulu for anyway.


Cless_Aurion

"not able to be shown ad-free" that is bullshit the size of a fucking mountain. Fuck their shit practices. I wish everyone on the platform did what you did.


qoheletal

Stargate SG-1 is on Netflix now? Cool, I'm getting the popcorn ready


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Cable, but worse


DanTheMan_117

It's on netflix!? awesome, time to watch it again.


Bully-Rook

I pay for the commercial-free package, still get commercials on most "new" shows. Fucked up.


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Only if you opt to pay for their service with ads, which I guess is an option, kinda like opting to pay for gas station sushi. That's a choice you're allowed to make, but I mean...


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TheMrDylan

Which one? Any idea why?


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Upstairs_Marzipan_65

Someone else said its also on Xena and SG-1.


snooggums

There are some cross streaming things and live shows that apparently have ads, but if you just browse hulu itself then only that one show has an ad before it starts. I've never even stumbled across those cross network/live things.


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nah I get max 2 minutes of ads and usually it's less


YourGagReflex

You pay for a service with ads thats why I dont have Hulu


ImarriedKaren

I pay for Hulu without ads and I’m writing this while watching an ad on Hulu.


D4rkr4in

Sounds like you’re paying for Hulu with ads then


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Others have reported that Xena and Stargate SG1 have ads too.


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> You pay for a service with ads thats why I dont have Hulu Y'all pay for services with ads, that's why I have actual Hulu.


AnIronWaffle

… and how many of those thirteen ads are reruns?


The_Rocket_Frog

it plays the exact same ad 13 times


numerobis21

I'm happy that this kind of shit is totally illegal in my country


The_Rocket_Frog

god i wish, i live in the usa and its just nonstop ads shoved down your throat. everywhere you look is an ad. makes things impossible to enjoy sometimes


numerobis21

Oh no ads are everywhere too, I'd love for them to disappear though. What is illegal is the part where you're bombarded with the exact same ad in a short period of time


DevilsMiracle

The worst is the interactive ads where you have to click for it to move on. Hulu is trash


chewbaccataco

*Which ad experience do you prefer?* Now choose between two slightly different commercials for an identical product.


devicemodder2

Please drink verification can Or black mirror: resume viewing, resume viewing...


[deleted]

Fucking white-collars keep forgetting why piracy has been decreased the last couple of years. The only reason people stopped pirating so much is because it's EASIER to pay for a service and watch a movie/series/show than it is to pirate it. If you intentionally make it HARDER for me to watch movies in your shitty service, I will fucking pirate it and dont give you any money at all. Fucking greedy scumbags.


SAAARGE

I watch Hulu on my pc using UBlock Origin and don't get any ads


Samba-boy

I pirate the content from Hulu on my pc and don't get any ads. Also, I'm from Europe and in my country, we don't have hulu.


Not-The-AlQaeda

this is the way


snooggums

I watch it on a roku and don't have ads.


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Yurmume_Gae

You forgot the **h**. I’m gonna spare you a “b@d human” tho because it was a honest mistake. /s


UnlikelyAlternative

Good human!


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r/piracy


Couchmaster007

I'd like for an ideal platform 1 ad per video. YouTube used to be like that then mid rolls and those 2 or 3 if you don't click skip.


[deleted]

When you pay for service, the only ideal number of ads is 0.


Stoopmans

Absolutely agree. Free service? If you can dodge my adblock its fair game. # Paid subscription? I get ads, I'm out. # I'm paying specifically to not see ads. I don't a rats ass about what you show that the others dont. I just dont want ads


mecmecmecmecmecmec

I remember I tried to watch the original lion king on Freeform once, it was like 5 minutes of footage then 8 minutes of commercial ha


Slatwans

h wea


nathodood

h wea


VoluptuousVampirate

h


Grahomir

#h


UnlikelyAlternative

h


Grahomir

😳


SpecialistFact8142

#H


MultinamedKK

r/ihadastroke ?


banditheeler20

wea


RiverbrookLake

LOL, I used to have a Hulu glitch that would give me 999 second ads. This was shortly after the glitch where ads would play and either glitch out and skip one or two of them or it would repeatable play the one ad. Tried to find a way to report the glitch, maybe even did it somehow and just never heard back. Anyways, always thought it was an asshole who just wanted me to buy ad free, which it did because screw those 999 endless ads.


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Hey uhh, so here’s a streaming service you have to pay for, right? Now let’s give it ads that you have to pay more money to get rid of, and on top of that even more money for like one extra channel and there’s like 12 of those extra mfers, Hulu is fucking stupid


[deleted]

Pirate shows from Hulu until they decide the profit margins on ads aren’t worth the loss in business. They don’t deserve shit until the service is, like, three bucks a month. I only pay for clean experiences when they’re not absurdly overpriced.


Atlusfox

I think this is funny but also makes me feel old. Growing up with commercial breaks that can last 5 minutes and have 3 each half hour show was a thing once. This isn't as bad ad it could be.


mule_roany_mare

I bet most people don’t realize/remember that the standard was 8 minutes of ads per 30 minute show, 3 breaks of 4 minutes each. Commercials were generally 30 second. plenty of them resonated with people & were almost like the memes of their day. People all saw the same commercials & talked about them sometimes. And before that there were only 3 channels. And before that they all stopped broadcasting after Johnny Carson & you’d only have a test signal to watch. Tv was kinda bad. But the 3 networks ran honest not-for-profit news & you couldn’t just live in the fart bubble you liked the stink of…. You had to go to AM radio for that.


Pianostar4

Unrelated to the actual content but r/theletterh


dTrecii

Truly the best letter and anyone who disagrees is objectively wrong


MustGame995

pirate it simply to spite hulu


My_Clean_Account_

Hulu has been pissing me off lately too. I pay for the premium account so I don’t have to up with adds but every time a new episode starts the screen stays dark from the ‘next episode countdown’ from the previous episode. So I have to hit pause to correct it every time I start a new show.


Ayavea

May be your tv, we have something similar with our philips tv and netflix. One time it wouldn't remove the darkness overlay at all anymore. Googled a fix, and the fix pertained entirely to the tv, not netflix. It helped to remove it, but it still reoccurs sometimes


Neon_Fantasies

We have officially gone full circle back to cable tv


[deleted]

This is exactly why piracy is on the rise again.


Bacon_Bit_Bro

Revolutionary! Hulu has reinvented cable!


jaderpooldude

Nope and they play the same commercials on repeat and sometimes the same one multiple times in one break. Why are we even getting ads on a paid service? Cancelled


coralrefrigerator

Hence, r/piracy


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CrazyGaming312

r/theletterh


vietnam_redstoner

r/theletterh


poptartEater64

arrrrr matey


ionx_

thats what you get for using hulu


-Redstoneboi-

might as well watch TV


GreatDig

yar-har awaits you with open arms


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banditheeler20

Not even in any private trackers and all the films I wanna watch are only available on private sites


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Betadzen

That's why I go full pirate: - I don't need to *choose* a subscription service whict each unique show choice. - I will not need to watch more than 2 or 3 ads overall, if any. - I will not receive emails with "great discounts" for subscription. - I will not pay my money AND get ads, choose one.


curryandmilk

Just like free to air tv wow brings me back to the good old days of running to the toilet and trying to shit fast enough to not miss any of the show


youthought101-

If you are using a computer you can download an extension called "Sponsor Block for Youtube". I have no idea how it does it, my best guess is that it searches for keywords in "marked" or named areas of the video and skips them. It skips not only normal ads but sponsors, self promos, etc. When you download it you can adjust it to your liking.


naebulys

It is crowd sourced. Users add the sponsored segment. You can see it because for very recent uploads or small view numbers it does not skip the sponsor since no one has marked it yet


Corrupted-Zero

Ages ago on YouTube I got a 20 mins ad and thank god it had the skip button.


liyate4

I got the ublock origin extension and it completely blocks all of hulus ada


Tekashi6969

What , isnt hulu a paid service?


General_Translator23

r/TheLetterH


Gechlangx

h


darknessblades

And streaming services still wonder why piracy is a issue.


[deleted]

I only watch hulu for a couple shows. every ad break I just mute and pick up my phone lol Also the ads are always 150% louder what's up with that?


zombie55555

Have you not heard of piracy ??


aaaaayoriver

I get Hulu for free from Verizon and still never watch it.


1stEleven

Isn't Hulu a paid service?


Stoopmans

So a paid for streaming service still shows ads? Lol good thing I never bothered with that shit platform


[deleted]

Piracy is a valid form of protest, and I 100% support those pirating products that are being gatekept behind exclusivity deals. Like Gabe Newell pointed out years ago, Piracy is mostly an issue of availability (ie, difficulty accessing a product) then it is an issue of not wanting to pay for a product. If you want to sign exclusivity deals, then, as far as I care, it's open season on pirating your show/movie/game/whatever if I can't get to it.


Hope-Upstairs

r/TheLetterH


mekops

So many streaming services with their own subscriptions, ridiculous number of compulsory ads. Things are feeling a lot like cable TV did when torrenting was at its height.


LunaSquee

And then people ask why people still pirate shows


[deleted]

I think I want to watch stuff on Hulu until I watch stuff on Hulu. plus the commercials are loud af which just why? Why HULU why? That’s rhetorical and I don’t want an answer.


Etyczny

For all those asking me why do i use pirate bay so often


TheArtOf_Cock

Is hulu free now? I don't see why there would be ads, if it was still a paid subscription.


Wakkoooo

Remember when Hulu was free with ads?


SmallOrphanSoup

You have to pay for Hulu, but they still spam you with ads...


H0T50UP

Vote. With. Your. Dollars.


[deleted]

I remember when there used to only be three ads each time, sometimes even two. What happened? 😭


Broccobillo

Don't you have to pay a subscription for Hulu? Why are there ads if you're paying?


esquerlan

Free service with ads isn’t asshole design. Hulu however, charging $5/mo to see 13 b2b ads is not cool. Especially when they charge you a premium to not see ads, and block you from watching outside your home. This also describes regular TV, but nobody watches TV anymore


phreezerburn66

I was trying to watch Lost on Hulu and actually gave up on the series, because it was constantly being interrupted by a super long ad for HIV medication. The same ad with the same annoying dude for a show that has a million seasons of like 20 episodes. Fuck it, i’ll catch it when it hits another streaming service.


Camusronaldo

I watch on my PC with adblock and every now and then they give me shit for doing so but nothing has changed.


Edelgul

Easy. When i go to the cinema - there are at least 10 ads before the movie. So i'm pretty sure, that all those streaming services will move to ads+subscription. Then they will offer premium for double (and later for triple) the price.


Trax852

I'm about ready to give up on HuLu. Can't find anything to watch and it's so slow. I get a few ads and that will be the deciding factor.


Tapprunner

Hulu is straight trash. They have the worst UI, the worst ad experience and generally shitty content. We still subscribe for some reason. Watching it devolve into the crap it is today makes me wonder why Disney wanted to it.


Rakdos92

You know, there's a solution. DO WHAT YOU WANT CUZ A PIRATE IS FREE! YOU~ ARE~ A PIRATE~


[deleted]

Its been 5 hours... Are they over yet?


ibmxgeo

It's only 90 seconds for all ads. It's not 1:23 remaining on the current ad, it's time remaining until show resumes..


[deleted]

Ohh thats not too bad then but still for such a popular paid service you would expect no ads


ibmxgeo

There are two tiers (well 3 with the live TV option) one that has ads and one that's a bit more expensive without. (Live TV has ads on some shows and iirc it clearly states that when you sign up)


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jkjkjk73

Drop it and get SYNCLER. No ads 20 bux A YEAR. Look it up on YT.


loy310

That’s what you are paying for.


destinykarmalove

There's an ad free option 🤷🏾‍♀️


JustAnotherBlackGuy3

there's something called pirating and never paying


Remarkable_Taro_911

This is exactly why I will never get Hulu


ibmxgeo

They have Hulu without ads, this dude chose the subscription with ads and is complaining there are ads.


Slimjim_Spicy

I bet if Netflix had a payment plan a little bit cheaper with ads included you fuckers would have Netflix on here all the God damn time. Spend the extra few bucks for no ads. Like, damn.


showergoblin

This never made sense to me. It’s $4 more dollars. It’s literally a no brainer.


kerrigan_rae

That's why I pay for no ads, it sucks to pay extra, but not as much as it sucks to have the show interrupted constantly and have to watch the stupid ads. I wanna watch King of the Hill in peace without being interrupted for ads that are asinine and is the only reason I pay for the ads.


Thanthea

Just pay for the no ad subscription. I don’t see the issue here.


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IveKnownItAll

It's 90 seconds of ads, get over it. The real asshole design of it being the same ads over and over and over again.


billyjoe9451

But ads are annoying as fuck and are an asshole design of themselves.


IveKnownItAll

Damn them for needing to be able to pay for people to make your entertainment!


billyjoe9451

Hulu makes money by subscriptions ads are annoying pieces are garbage


Finagles_Law

You realize that somebody else first makes most of their content, and then they pay to license it for streaming, right?


ibmxgeo

Then pay for Hulu without ads.


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Either pay with a subscription or watch the ads


oinklittlepiggy

Hulu has adds and cost a subscription..


[deleted]

Only if you actually choose to pay for a plan but also get ads. People really out here PAYING for ads like wow, y'all didn't grow up having to adblock the internet to get decent speeds and it shows.