Time to write a 'VCR' for Prime lol.
It strikes me that auto-stripping ads after DVRing the shows should be a pretty simple AI problem these days.
Amazon Prime Video content to start including ads next year
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#42Earlier submission today where this is already being discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37610500
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#43won’t watch it with ads. can’t imagine handing over more cash than i already do to amazon. so, guess i’ll just have to focus on the other many channels i subscribe to.
More pertinently than that, it's a quick win for a kids show, ads when young kids are involved increase friction so much it's not worth it.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is piracy on the rise? That seems like a difficult thing to reliably track.
There are lots of decent signals out there if someone did want to track it: standard site/search term tracking, the number of leechers of torrents, activity in pirate subreddits/discords, installs of Jellyfin/Plex servers etc. FWIW I can't say I have noticed any radical increase in popularity. The number of Leechers on the most popular piratebay torrents are only in the 100s so I assume it's very niche. I suspect tha…
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#45It’s funny how blatantly every streaming service waits for Netflix to do anything bold before doing same thing. It’s like what happens when Apple does something like removing headphone socket. Backlash from the loud minority “I’ll never buy another iPhone again”. then every competitor quietly follows. (In Australia, Binge app – the main local streamer with HBO shows etc – also started ads a few months ago, with a hig…
Just waiting for spotify to do it too.
They already have ads in podcasts.
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#46It’s funny how blatantly every streaming service waits for Netflix to do anything bold before doing same thing. It’s like what happens when Apple does something like removing headphone socket. Backlash from the loud minority “I’ll never buy another iPhone again”. then every competitor quietly follows. (In Australia, Binge app – the main local streamer with HBO shows etc – also started ads a few months ago, with a hig…
I adamantly refuse to buy a USB c headset because I'm sure in 2 years there will be a new standard.
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#47Was never really able to find a great way to land in a role where you track and measure conversions but it's always been a [admittedly lame...] interest of mine. TV ads seem to be more about brand awareness instead of actually generating conversions (as much as Hulu tries on FireTV) but it's kind of cool to look at objectively all the same.
Curious to see what kind of ads Amazon will allow on their streaming platform, how much those ads will cost, how much more expensive it will be to inject ads into any of their 'most watched this week/month' programs, and blah blah blah - the numbers and metrics will be fun to look at once they are published.
All the streaming services are in the process of migrating to this model which was kinda the main thing they advertised as not doing...but we're in 2023 now...so c'est la vie, I guess. Another user used the term "adflation" which is a pretty concise way to view the shifting model.
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#48I flat out do not watch ads. If a platform has ads, I do not watch it full stop. I pay YouTube for no ads. If I lost that option, I would not watch YouTube. Same with all of the other streaming services. Netflix pushed it last year with preview rolls. It was barely acceptable/tolerable. But I will eagerly jettison any service that makes me pay for ads.
Heck, I even look askance at people who willingly pay money to unironically wear logos. Why do you do that? You, yes, you reading this. Why do you buy Nike clothing or Adidas track suits or Louis Vuitton anything?? Explain yourself.
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#50I can barely find something to watch on Prime which is why I only subscribe like 1 month a year, and for that month I spend maybe 8 total hours watching. Maybe if Amazon made better content, then they could get more revenue.
The Expanse was excellent, IMO. Apart from that I mostly agree. I've tried Jack Ryan and Wheel of Time, which were good but not amazing.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was fabulous. They had lot of good shows in the prestige comedy or dramedy (is that still a thing?) genre. Transparent, Red Oaks, Mozart in the Jungle, Fleabag (bought from BBC)