If Netflix adds ads, it could lose a quarter of its subscribers

Re: If Netflix adds ads, it could lose a quarter of its subscribers – study

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Post by ConceptJunkie » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 5:27 PM UTC

fcuck_actuarial wrote: post #8

I tried hulu back in the day when even their paid service had ads. Before this I was used to netflix. Coming from netflix,the ads on hula completely ruin the streaming experience.

And yet Hulu's commercials still aren't a third as bad as cable/satellite TV.

Having been off of satellite for almost 15 years now, I honestly wouldn't want it if it were free. The idea of having to watch something when its own, instead of on demand, and the obscene amount of advertising, which is always way louder than the shows (Hulu doesn't seem to do this.) is unacceptable.

Netflix, Hulu and Amazon have plenty of faults, but they are streets ahead compared to that vast wasteland of cable and broadcast TV.

Re: If Netflix adds ads, it could lose a quarter of its subscribers – study

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Post by cirgue » Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 6:41 PM UTC

There is a hard backstop here for the media industry: piracy. Media will always be available for free if you really want it, and there really isn't much that the music or film industry can do about that. If your paid version is worse than what is freely available, people will stop using your paid version. The market forces here are very much stacked against Hulu/Netflix getting too aggressive with advertising.

Re: If Netflix adds ads, it could lose a quarter of its subscribers – study

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Post by hyperac » Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 7:46 AM UTC

Will unquestionably drop Netflix if they add ads. I already despise the ways they relentlessly pitch other shows. But if they interrupt my shows in any way, that's it, I'm gone. I will not tolerate ads on channels I pay for (and don't watch channels I don't).

Re: If Netflix adds ads, it could lose a quarter of its subscribers – study

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Post by technofiend » Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 1:47 PM UTC

fcuck_actuarial wrote: post #8

I tried hulu back in the day when even their paid service had ads. Before this I was used to netflix. Coming from netflix,the ads on hula completely ruin the streaming experience.

YouTube TV is barely tolerable because you can at least fast forward through commercials there. Honestly if I could stream my local broadcast channels during hurricane season I would wouldn't need even that.

Forced ads are a cancer and they will cause me to exit any media consumption channel I use regularly. I paid Amazon extra to keep ads off my Kindle but if they revisit the technique of inserting ads mid book ala pulp books in the 60s, my Kindle will be wiped and donated to charity the next day.