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What about the other 99.999% of their content?
I imagine most viewers only watch .001% of everything they have access to; the rest of it would be properly irrelevant.
That makes sense!
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#182At the start Netflix was about getting rid of ads ridden cable TV so you now you can get competing Disney+ which is now just a cable TV with targeted ads based on your personal data. It is evolving, only backwards.
It was always acquiring market share and monetizing that market, a better product through technology is just the tool they used initially.
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#183Does ANYBODY EVER provide an accurate response to a question like that (except when there's reason to believe they can detect it and do something to your detriment if you lie)? If so, why? Anybody who asks deserves to be chaffed into oblivion with garbage data. Especially, who would be dumb enough to admit to being under 18, or, worse, under 13? An 8 year old should see the obvious reasons not to do that. A bright 6…
My "birthday" is January 1, 1970 (an homage to unix) for any database/system inappropriately asking. This way they don't have my data to leak or abuse, but I still know what I specified if I'm asked to verify it.
Or, go with December 31, 1969 just to test their system. A little mini-bobby tables.
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#184If 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.
Piracy, because these days a lot of shows never make it to DVD. Disney in particular is terrible about this (probably to push Disney+ subscriptions). Star vs. the Forces of Evil came out in 2015 and hasn't seen a DVD release. Same with The Owl House and their marvel shows
https://www.cbr.com/disney-no-current-plans-release-marvel-s...
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You don't need to know the age, you just need to know if they're under or over 13 to comply with laws. Anything more granular is marketing and advertising BS which they have no need for.
My kids watched different content at 2, at 8, and at 16 years old. Anything beyond late teens maybe could be chalked up to "advertising BS" but I would push further that my older parents watch markedly different content then I do at middle age, and I watch markedly different content than when I was in my early twenties. They could probably figure out watch preferences with good statistics, (and do), but asking for ag…
Here's the problem: None of that is remotely generalizable. What you watch at, say, 40 is only going to apply to you. What you allow your children to watch at age 8 is also going to only apply to you.
Tying things from what you watch to what you might want to watch will be miles more effective than your age, because your age has nothing to do with what shows you watch.
I've known parents to show their kids "The Passion of Christ" or "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." I also know parents who watch (and love) shows like Phineas and Ferb or Spongebob.
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You have to mentally be 6 if you’re enjoying the garbage they’re chucking onto Disney+.
It's like the existence of 40+ year old Harry Potter fans; the ones who were already adults when the books were first published. Hard to explain unless you acknowledge that many people are simple. (At least with Star Wars, nostalgia for something they got into during childhood is a plausible explanation for anybody under 60 or so. But even so, I'm surprised more people don't grow out of it.)
> It's like the existence of 40+ year old Harry Potter fans...Hard to explain unless you acknowledge that many people are simple.
That's a weird take. I read the books as an adult and they were genuinely entertaining. What's hard to explain about that? It's not as if books marketed to children are the only things I read, but I've read a lot of children's books as an adult that were delightful.
Why judge people as being simple? I hope you aren't afraid to try something that isn't marketed to your demographic out of fear that people will think the same of you. Most people aren't so weirdly judgey, and people afraid to step outside of the boundaries drawn for them by marketers are probably missing out on creative works they'd really enjoy.
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You have to mentally be 6 if you’re enjoying the garbage they’re chucking onto Disney+.
The Owl House is one of the best modern western animated series available right now. Of course Disney cancelled it because "it didn't fit to the Disney brand". If you're into animated series, that is one not to miss. Yeah, I am too very surprised it was on Disney+...
I'm still hoping for a DVD release, but I doubt it will happen because Disney. It took ages for Gravity Falls.
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That's due to contract reasons. Hulu keeps a list of shows they are required to show ads on: https://help.hulu.com/s/article/no-ads-exceptions
Contracts the wrote themselves for themselves. Disney owns Hulu and ABC and ABC owns Grey’s Anatomy. They aren't being forced to show ads. They chose too.
Shonda Rimes owns Grey's. Take it up with her.
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Don't forget to use libredirect, and ublockorigin on every browser. (libredirect will kill your shadow profiles websites collect about you)
I prefer uMatrix over uBlock. But thank you very much for telling me about libredirect :)
Link for the curious: https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect
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Contracts the wrote themselves for themselves. Disney owns Hulu and ABC and ABC owns Grey’s Anatomy. They aren't being forced to show ads. They chose too.
Shonda Rimes owns Grey's. Take it up with her.
She created it, but doesn't own it. She sold the rights away to ABC/Disney/Hulu