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Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

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Post by alanbernstein »

scarface74 wrote: post #295
GuiA wrote: post #270

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All the students/young professionals who consume their media on laptops/tablets and don’t feel the need to own a TV. There’s a lot of them.

Not according to the statistics I posted earlier.... But the larger question is "having a television" just semantics? My family was staying in an extended stay for awhile when we were having our house built. I had an external monitor I was using for work with my laptop. When I wasn't using it, my son was using it with his game console and to watch Hulu, Netflix, etc. What's the practical difference between "not havin…

3% of the US is 10 million, which is how many Switches have been sold...

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Post by Fifer82 »

rdruxn wrote: post #314
Fifer82 wrote: post #311

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Really? I mean, Really???? You have an unregulated device in your home, mining away on data which... you paid for, hard cash. Not a game, not a movie, not a simulation, not an experience. And your only use is an Alarm Clock? This is gold mate, gold. You know when people say "ach, the guy is just an idiot with money"? mmanfrin is what I see.

Comments like this inspire me to reach HN’s 500 upvote floor just so I can downvote you.

I got to 500 easy enough, I suggest decent posts.

Points on HN in 2017, is like reddit points in 2012, like 4chan in 2009. It has no value and you sleep like a baby whether hated or otherwise.

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Post by username223 »

kossae wrote: post #325
MikeFez wrote: post #318

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What an absolutely foolish reply. Do you shop on Amazon? Do you use Google search or Gmail? Do you watch Netflix? Do you use a credit card? You have a thousand data points mined per day - an Echo or Google Home are no different from any other service that you may be interested in using. Especially as these devices are not "listening in" until their keyword activates them.

The biggest one I’m always reminded of is “Do you have a phone?”... The always-on, cloud-connected device that you carry everywhere at all times?

> The always-on, cloud-connected device that you carry everywhere at all times?

You're doing it wrong. ;-) It's easy to leave your tracking device plugged into the wall at home, just like a landline, or put it in "airplane mode" when you don't want to be tracked or bothered.

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Post by lostmsu »

specialist wrote: post #254
labster wrote: post #148

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To be fair, the commercials are the best part of watching The Big Bang Theory . Much better to spend a few minutes imagining how cool I would be if I just owned Product X rather than see a nerd minstrel show with an annoying laugh track.

Tried it. Hated it. The same way I hated South Park. Cheap laughs. Punching down vs punching up. Mean spirited.

Reconsider. Watch South Park "Grounded Vindaloop" episode.

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Post by megaman22 »

Fifer82 wrote: post #332
rdruxn wrote: post #314

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Comments like this inspire me to reach HN’s 500 upvote floor just so I can downvote you.

I got to 500 easy enough, I suggest decent posts. Points on HN in 2017, is like reddit points in 2012, like 4chan in 2009. It has no value and you sleep like a baby whether hated or otherwise.

One or two good submissions that take off can net you 500 points. But hell, they're internet points, so they are approximately as valuable as dogecoin.

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Post by foobarian »

gman83 wrote: post #23

I was thinking about this the other day, and I was wondering whether the fact that my kids are not exposed at all to commercials might make them more susceptible to advertising when they grow up.

I watched the Monty Python Spam video a bunch with my 4 year old, and since then taught her to yell "Shut up!!!" at all sorts of ads or commercials.

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Post by foobarian »

viraptor wrote: post #160
technovader wrote: post #28

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Implying that watching more advertisements helps you develop a tolerance for it.

It does in a way. When I watched standard tv programmes years ago, the ads would be a thing you have to go through, and try to ignore. Now they're not tolerable - I'll choose not watching something over watching it with ads. Not sure if it makes me more susceptible to ads I do see (unlikely, I barely but anything anyway), but it limits the exposure a lot.

The communist country I grew up in had TV commercials too, but their commercial blocks came with 'begin' and 'end' jingles and were called 'Economy-propaganda programs.' Calling a spade a spade!

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Post by SapphireSun »

hkmurakami wrote: post #68
neals wrote: post #5

I accidentally watched some TV the other day. Having not seen any regular programming for at least a year, I was amazed at how much ... dumber it has become. Also, why did we sit through so many commercials for so long? It feel a little like a twilight zone episode, where we sit there watching a box telling us what to buy.

I only started watching west wing least year. I was shocked that network tv could produce something so smart, balanced, thoughtful, albeit 20 years ago.

These guys take apart The West Wing. Sad that it's only the teaser, the full episode is excellent.

https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-101-teaser-a...

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Post by jibberia »

gman83 wrote: post #23

I was thinking about this the other day, and I was wondering whether the fact that my kids are not exposed at all to commercials might make them more susceptible to advertising when they grow up.

A friend of mine has two kids I suppose it's a good thing to teach. How else are kids supposed to know? How do kids who grew up with broadcast and cable ads learn to tell them apart?
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