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Post by njarboe »

thakoppno wrote: post #122
kuratkull wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think he's talking about the 70s or sometime back then

I looked into this and it’s not true that cable existed without ads. From a 1981 NYT article > Although cable television was never conceived of as television without commercial interruption, there has been a widespread impression - among the public, at least -that cable would be supported largely by viewers' monthly subscription fees. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/will-cable-tv-be-inv ...

Only the premium pay extra channels. Similar to today, you could pay to have no ads for some content.

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Post by 1attice »

sublinear wrote: post #54
zmgsabst wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disney: “Gendered stereotypes are harmful — be more inclusive!” Also Disney: “Tell us your gender so we can target ads based on that!” I would take DIE advocates more seriously if they reformed themselves — rather than lecturing the rest of us while engaging in such blatant hypocrisy.

It's called "cultural Marxism". It's not necessarily a conspiracy, but it's certainly a thing. DEI is just the latest consultant scheme.

What I love about nonsense phrases like 'cultural marxism' is that they invariably have the opposite impact than was likely intended.

Calling "cultural marxism" on [checks notes] a *marketing ask* is like calling a restaurant a food bank because they both involve food.

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Post by Wazako »

dleslie wrote: post #106
6yyyyyy wrote: post #105

If only there were a service that: - Doesn't show ads, or steal your personal information. - Has all the content from every major streaming service. - Is scalable and efficient without a centralized single point of failure. - Can be used with 100% free and open source software. - Lets you keep your favorite shows forever without being subject to the whims of corporate licensing.

DVDs. What you're asking for is DVDs.

DVDs with 20s of ads not passable?

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Post by hawthornio »

mikedelago wrote: post #121

I'm so exhausted from constant advertisements. I'm so tired of my information being sold off to third parties in order to deliver ads. I'm so tired of good, useful tools and services requiring a forfeit of my privacy in order to use them. Does anyone else wish that they could just exist without being told to buy something every 15 waking minutes?

Have you considered supporting an alternative system to capitalism?

I don’t see this changing anytime soon because it is so profitable in our current system.

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Post by lfowles »

njarboe wrote: post #128
bdw5204 wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At first, cable TV had no ads because it was funded by subscriptions. Then most cable channels slowly started adding more and more ads and demanding higher and higher rates from cable operators to carry their channels. Then the local channels started demanding rates from cable operators to carry their channels that are otherwise available for free over the air. Then eventually they even started showing ads at the mov…

Since many services now split into two tiers with a cheaper option for no ads, maybe ads showing up in no-ads tier won't happen. There really wasn't the possibility to do that before streaming (multiple cable channels I guess could have been done). I pay for ad free YouTube, HBO, and Netflix (although often cancel for awhile when nothing on the service interests me). Ads for other shows on the service at the beginnin…

No such luck. The Hulu no-ad tier still has ads for a select few shoes.

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Post by ravenstine »

mikedelago wrote: post #121

I'm so exhausted from constant advertisements. I'm so tired of my information being sold off to third parties in order to deliver ads. I'm so tired of good, useful tools and services requiring a forfeit of my privacy in order to use them. Does anyone else wish that they could just exist without being told to buy something every 15 waking minutes?

It's worth considering a reduction in how much you watch. Let's be honest; you can just exist without being told to buy something every 15 minutes. Don't use services that force ads on paying customers, limit your passive screen time to no more than an hour per day, and find other things to do that advertising can't touch. Try being content not living vicariously through fictional characters or real people arguing with each other.

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Post by jklinger410 »

Hizonner wrote: post #66
mankyd wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed. I don't understand the outrage at wanting to know the age of your customer, especially when: a) there are laws involved b) you have a variety of content/products specifically aimed at different ages I won't speak to gender, that's certainly a different concept, but age doesn't exact ring alarm bells for me here.

Things you are entitled to know about your customers: what product or service they want, how it has to be delivered, and whether they will pay for it. Things you are not entitled to know about your customers: anything else whatsoever. Asking for people's age, gender, or whatever, is creepy and rude. Especially if you inconvenience the customer in the process. And... (a) You can comply with COPPA and similar laws by n…

> Things you are entitled to know about your customers

Anything you are legally allowed to.

For any questions or concerns please contact your senator.

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Post by jrnichols »

mikedelago wrote: post #121

I'm so exhausted from constant advertisements. I'm so tired of my information being sold off to third parties in order to deliver ads. I'm so tired of good, useful tools and services requiring a forfeit of my privacy in order to use them. Does anyone else wish that they could just exist without being told to buy something every 15 waking minutes?

You're not alone. Not at all. I'm also tired of the mentality that we need advertising or the internet would cease to exist. In my opinion, if you need invasive advertising revenue to exist, you don't need to be on the internet.

Advertisements are slowing everything down. Tracking us. Serving us malware in some cases. We don't need them. Pi-hole/adguard could be standard. I'd rather pay $200 more for a TV set than have one with "analytics." I'm sick of the ads and block as many as I can - Google's "unobtrusive ads" included.

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Post by monksy »

mikedelago wrote: post #121

I'm so exhausted from constant advertisements. I'm so tired of my information being sold off to third parties in order to deliver ads. I'm so tired of good, useful tools and services requiring a forfeit of my privacy in order to use them. Does anyone else wish that they could just exist without being told to buy something every 15 waking minutes?

I'm exhausted to the fact that we have no rights to our own data or bio-metrics.

Airline (TK and Delta do this) wants to roll out face recognition.. TAKE YOUR MASK OFF AND GIVE US YOUR FACE DATA. No explanation of opting out. (Turns out it's being used to implement exit controls at the US border)

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