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• We are clarifying that, as we continue to increase the breadth and depth of the content we make available to you, circumstances may require that certain titles and types of content include ads, even in our 'no ads' or 'ad free' subscription tiers

 

[Lambhalf]

• We are clarifying that, as we continue to increase the breadth and depth of the content we make available to you, circumstances may require that certain titles and types of content include ads, even in our 'no ads' or 'ad free' subscription tiers

Then... it's not a 'no ads' or 'ad free' tier...

 

[LordCBH]

That. Sounds illegal as fuck

Hulu: offers ad free tier
Also Hulu; shoves fucking ads in your face anyway.

 

[AJUMP23]

Are they referring to live tv?

 

[Grildon Tundy]

• We are clarifying that, as we continue to increase the breadth and depth of the content we make available to you, circumstances may require that certain titles and types of content include ads, even in our 'no ads' or 'ad free' subscription tiers

 

[dorkimoe]

fucking insane how greedy these places are. and the younger generation are getting used to this shit so its becoming the new norm

 

[mitch1971]

Time to get the pirate costume out.

 

[Rentahamster]

I will opt for the Hulu-free tier.

 

[March Climber]

They don't even offer a yearly version of the ad-free subscription and on top of that both their Playstation and Xbox app still have bugs, including subtitles suddenly disappearing or being out of sync all the way down to the video simply freezing making you have to close the app completely.

Playing Hulu shows through Disney+ is a better Hulu experience, which is the oddest thing.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Hulu still going? Thought it merged into Disney+ years ago?

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Hulu still going? Thought it merged into Disney+ years ago?

I think it's country dependent. Disney+ and Hulu are separate in the US.

 

[ahtlas7]

“Ad free tier”

 

[Cyberpunkd]

“Ad free tier”

 

[Bojji]

Torrents are add free...

Netflix convinced people to give up on piracy for quite some time. But all those stupid greedy corporations had to fuck it up, didn't they? Now streaming market is a fucking mess.

I only have Prime because it's cheap where o live (one year costs less than one MONTH of Netflix) and there are free games as well.

 

[Mihos]

I think it's country dependent. Disney+ and Hulu are separate in the US.

I am in the US and I access it through Disney+

 

[ClanOfNone]

New upgrade for ad free tier users, now with ads!

Our reality has become The Onion.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I'm surprised we don't have full-spread ads in books yet.

 

[Trunx81]

YouTube premium did it first

 

[Trogdor1123]

Are they referring to live tv?

This has to be it? Right? Something they don’t have control over.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

YouTube premium did it first

I haven't seen any ads on YouTube premium yet and I've had it for quite a while

 

[Trunx81]

I haven't seen any ads on YouTube premium yet and I've had it for quite a while

Can you still see ads if you have YouTube Premium? Here's what Google has to say

YouTube Premium promises to remove all ads but you might still see some after subscribing to the service. Here's how you can fix the problem.

www.androidauthority.com

Me neither but they seem to exist

 

[Idleyes]

If it's a case of live TV, then Hulu is surely getting paid for those ads through their licensing agreements. My suggestion? Viewers on the ad free tier should be compensated in some way, maybe a discount proportional to the ad revenue their views generate. In essence Hulu should pay those on their ad free tier to watch the ads.

 

[GloveSlap]

We are clearly past the loss-leader user accumulation stage for streaming. The golden age is over.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Waiting for the reduction of content for those paying for add supported plans.

 

[Highway Star]

Seems like all these streaming services are turning into the same crap as cable TV.
I dumped cable TV because of too many ads. Then I quit Netflix because of too many price increases, and now they had ads too. Now I just use YouTube when I want to watch something, with ad blocker of course.

 

[reinking]

This isn't new. They are updating their terms of service to reflect what has already been happening. This is for live events that include live ads. Will they abuse it later? Probably.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Most services including Hulu only very recently became profitable (late last year.) They are now doing some tweaks to make a more healthy margin.

All companies re greedy but only Netflix has been pretty far into the black for a while (and people were questioning that for years even.)

Go ahead and pirate but it’s not really some justifiable act. It’s not the worst thing in the world but it’s sort of tiring to see all the people trying to justify it.

 

[demigod]

Back then I tried the $1 for whole year and that still felt like a ripoff. Oh want to watch that on Hulu? Pay another subscription on top of Hulu.

 

[bender]

I'm surprised we don't have full-spread ads in books yet.

Doesn't the Kindle have a version that supports ads?

 

[RCX]

As far as I remember when Netflix made their ad supported tier they were amazed at how profitable it turned out to be. Now here we are and they're all doing it.

It's cable coming back from the dead.

Back to piracy we go.

 

[Tertullian]

They've been pulling this "ads on the ad-free tier" bullshit for like a decade now. The excuse back then was that they had existing advertising contracts that required this. But those should've been up for renegotiation years ago. At this point it's clear that they're scumbags who just don't care.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Î don't get it. Why not just increase the prices for subs?

 

[MayauMiao]

In the words of Elon to Hulu (Disney) on ads: