Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

localbabysitter.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

371–380 of 408 posts

Re: Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

#371

Post by SmellyGeekBoy »

jerf wrote: post #178
ksdale wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those were quite entertaining to read through! It really made me think that not all product placement is created equal. Sometimes there are products that don't serve a purpose just sitting somewhere really conspicuously, but something like the Snack Packs in Billy Madison never once struck me as a product placement, they just seemed like a goofy thing that a kid would get really worked up over, and it ended up being…

I actually find it a bit weird to watch something nominally set in the real world where everything is conspicuously covered up, and they get coffee from Generic Grey Cup, their computers from NoBrand Aluminum Cases, their fizzy sodas from Vaguely Red Can Corp., their cell phones from The Unbranded Glass Slabs Conglomerate, etc. In real life, there are some brands around. But in real life, nobody spontaneously rhapsod…

My monitor is pretty awesome, though.

Re: Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

#372

Post by jolux »

pastor_elm wrote: post #190
jolux wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How are those ads worse? This feels completely arbitrary.

they are explicit ads for fun things, not some ambiguous influencer ad that makes your kid feel bad about themselves.

…sure, the ads make them seem fun. Maybe kids these days want special clothes instead of McDonald’s and Sunny D? (those things are good for what they are but not great in any objective sense. Neither are clothes, but that’s kind of my point.) Also from experience of my younger sibling and my cousins, those ads (and things) are mostly seen and desired by teenagers, which is morally questionable in different ways.

Re: Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

#373

Post by Fnoord »

luma wrote: post #307
switchbak wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This reminded me of Elysium: but instead of the rich being the only ones able to receive quality health care, here they are the only ones able to afford a reprieve from these mind numbing ads. I would love to be able to eliminate all ads in my life. At the same time, doesn't this feel a little like the advertisers are extorting us for some $$? Lest they jam more ads down your throat.

This Banksy quote feels apropos: > People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you're not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the mo…

AFAIK here in NL they did ask for permission, from the government. The government happily gives these even though they make our roads less safe. Meanwhile, people who use a (smart)phone whilst driving get a fine. Why do the billboards remain on the road? Why are there electronic billboards in the bus? Why can't I enjoy the scenery, or read my book instead?

Re: Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

#374

Post by Fnoord »

HNLurker2 wrote: post #339
antepodius wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Get an adblocker!

Can't get one on chrome mobile. I know know...

Yes, you can. You can use a different browser such as Mozilla Firefox, or use DNS-based blocking such as Pi-Hole. I use both of these, and use WireGuard to reach my Pi-Hole. If I have a network connection, I have an adblocker.

Re: Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

#375

Post by Shank »

vonseel wrote: post #323
yzssi wrote: post #320

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use ubo and I've never, ever had that happen to me. My two cents.

Disabling it temporarily always fixes the problem, so I have assumed it is due to UBO blocking something which if YT sees has been blocked enough times for a specific visitor, they will prevent video from loading, but maybe my hypothesis is incorrect. This only happens when I’m watching a lot of YouTube videos one after the other.

I seem to recall that if you disable uBlock on a site, you have to reload for the change to take effect. Is it possible that the page reload and not disabling uBlock is doing it?

Re: Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

#376

Post by mcv »

bargl wrote: post #10

Worth. Every. Penny. I went to my parents house with my son. He was 4. They turned on cartoons. Then he said, "Dad why'd you change the show? I don't want to watch this." It was a commercial. I had to explain commercials to my son. It was at that moment I realized how much of my tv watching as a kid was commercials.

When I was a kid, our evening TV was always Sesame Street -> Klokhuis (a pop-sci-ish program for kids) -> Jeugdjournaal (news presented in an accessible way for kids), and after that it's my dad's turn to watch the real news at 8.

All those shows still exist, and recently we did that again, and we were all baffled by how much commercials we had to watch. Dutch public TV has commercials, and that's looking increasingly odd now that we're all so used to Netflix. My son was calling to skip it, but we couldn't.

Re: Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

#377

Post by HNLurker2 »

effingwewt wrote: post #364
cwkoss wrote: post #356

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Inoculate yourself and others from the effects of advertising by saying something negative about the brand whenever you see the ad. Ex. I saw a Mazda ad. "Mazdas are the perfect car for when you want to look like a complete idiot while burning to death in your poorly manufactured deathtrap."

I find I do this automatically now. Whenever I see an ad the only thing I remember is not to buy whatever they are selling. For shows, I won't watch them. I even cancelled Netflix over their automatic trailers playing. Hulu is next with their unskippable commercials even on the 'ad free' plan

Off topic: >. I even cancelled Netflix over their automatic trailers playing.

But what shows do you enjoy on Netflix if you still cling to them (bad experience)?

Re: Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

#378

Post by scottlocklin »

collyw wrote: post #361
cwkoss wrote: post #356

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Inoculate yourself and others from the effects of advertising by saying something negative about the brand whenever you see the ad. Ex. I saw a Mazda ad. "Mazdas are the perfect car for when you want to look like a complete idiot while burning to death in your poorly manufactured deathtrap."

Or live in a country where you don't speak the language well. On a side note whenever I am in an airport in the states its amazing how much NLP (neuro linguistic programming) you guys are bombarded by.

Could you use a concrete example? US airports are creepy as hell, especially places like Atlanta that have constant CNN blaring like the telescreen in 1984, and of course there is much disgusting advertising, but I never noticed any overt "NLP."

Re: Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

#379

Post by HNLurker2 »

Fnoord wrote: post #374
HNLurker2 wrote: post #339

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't get one on chrome mobile. I know know...

Yes, you can. You can use a different browser such as Mozilla Firefox, or use DNS-based blocking such as Pi-Hole. I use both of these, and use WireGuard to reach my Pi-Hole. If I have a network connection, I have an adblocker.

>You can use a different browser such as Mozilla

I just really like Google fast search by selecting. Can't live without it.

Re: Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

#380

Post by baud147258 »

vonseel wrote: post #281
eswat wrote: post #266

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I actually forgot YouTube had ads until someone showed me a video on their laptop this past weekend. Was painful to watch them try to dismiss it.

I find uBlock works well at blocking YouTube ads but occasionally I get a static screen in the video player that says something like “Service not available at the moment.”. YT seems to be intermittently blocking UBO users.

I've seen such errors, on Chrome with UBlock, but I don't know if it's coming from Ublock or from my network connection.
Post reply on HN