yeah....most VPNs operate out of BVI so it has zero jurisdiction. I don't see them pushing BVI to acquiesce because all the "secret" wealth pipelines go through BVI for the exact reason why VPNs operate from there.

because of this all the coverage for this feels like an astroturf for something more important, like how poorly the war in Iran is going, or the diaper bitch, or Epstein, or take your pick.

it's just noise, they have no way to enforce this without also hurting their bottom line.

Over the last year I lived with my parents to take care of them and occasionally I had to entertain myself with their cable TV. I used to spend hours channel surfing and there was almost always lots of stuff to choose from. Now I just end up watching Beat Bobby Flay because there's absolutely nothing else to watch. And I don't really want to watch Beat Bobby Flay either.

Promos for other programs on + (so far anyway)

Gotta watch my new marvels though /s

It's $2 more than just Disney and family likes it.

Oh excellent, an excuse to drop it that my fiance will have to accept.

True that. I use both, Kanopy and physical from the library. I have a 42TB HPE server that has a ton of content. If it ever dies to where I can’t revive it anymore and all pirating sites are blocked, I’m fucking going back to the old days of dvd/blu-ray players. I will get me one of those portable ones like I had before and start watching. I’ll never pay them a fucking dollar.

Don't forget thrift stores, you can get old media there super cheap and some thrift stores support good causes so you still aren't giving money to the shitty companies but you are helping the thrift store survive and helping someone that needs it to keep a job.

they were one of the first that tried to get you to pay and have ads. I went no fucking way, never will they get my business.

Never enough profit, huh?

This is the way.

Welcome to capitalism.

I've never had Disney and it hasn't stopped me from watching them one way or another

You know there are tons of terrible news stories that affect us and we can’t do anything about it.

Then there is stuff like this that just makes me feel great about my choices, ahhhhhh, so satisfying to see.

Nah. I am finally at a place that even that is too much effort. Stopping consuming and going out and doing is working better for me. They don't want to offer whatever they have expect to pay too much and get ads, I would rather it not live in world and just be done with it.

Its like we dont like XYZ so we borrow a copy and tell someone how we liked and, and it perpetuates the desire for XYZ. I figure I no longer want to be a link in that chain.

I have so many other ways to entertain myself it just isnt worth it anymore.

If I see an ad it’s over. I pay so I can feign being free of ad bullshit subconsciously.

I feel scammed.

I always bought DVDs to avoid ads and that was nice, then they made streaming more affordable and convenient.

Then they quietly dropped releasing streaming shows on physical media and now it’s more expensive and has ads.

You tricked me!

they were one of the first that tried to get you to pay and have ads. I went no fucking way, never will they get my business.

As I recall, that was back when they were transitioning from having only a free ad-supported service to having a paid ad-free tier. Some of their contracts with a very small, specific set of shows didn’t allow them to be ad-free. Everything else was ad-free. And eventually they renegotiated those contracts and got everything ad-free. But people made a huuuuuge deal about how you’d be paying and still watch ads. It was like, four or five shows? And this was when Hulu was pretty much everything from current seasons on broadcast television, so they had a shitload of shows. I never saw an ad when I paid for it back then.

I tried to explain this earlier and got downvoted. 🙄

Edit: not that downvotes matter at all, it’s just frustrating. Sometimes there is zero room for nuance or context on the Fediverse.

Not on Kodi it doesn't :)

You know what? I think that Assassin's Creed IV was the best game in the series.

Imagine paying to see ads. That has got to be the ultimate cuckoldry.

I actually hope this happens more. People need to quit paying for subscriptions. Every fucking thing has a subscription and every fucking subscription inevitably adds ads to their PAID subscription while increasing costs AND decreasing features.

It’s all absolutely unacceptable. Quit enabling these fuckers. Every company feels like they are entitled to a portion of my monthly income and I’m sick to death of it.

Already long gone. All streaming services are terrible value now. They all got too greedy.

You probably will keep most, yeah. People are suckers and will put up with nearly anything. Plus the lost revenue from people unsubscribing will be offset by the additional income from the ads. You can expect that to already be priced in.

Yep, they were one of the first ones to start doing this. You want me to pay and you’re going to show me ads? Fuck no. You either get one or the other.

Get a library card and rent some DVDs or read some books.

I remember physical VHS and DVDs also had a lot of advertisement back in the day. Self marketing for different movies, releases etc

At least with VHS you could fast forward past the FBI notice and ads. Unskippable DVD ads was why I never thought badly about torrents.

Also they could just pirate it if they wanted something new.

I would probably get this fact checked asap because I found this posted over two hours ago when I was checking over in the Disney+ Subreddit to see if anything is being said there about this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DisneyPlus/comments/1wl7wzk/psa_no_ads_are_not_being_added_to_all_movies_and/

Usenet + Jellyfin ftw

I stopped paying for D+ when they doubled their price within a year. Guess I'll continue torrenting.

This in particular makes me miss rental stores. Should have gotten into ripping twenty years ago.

Hugging my MUBI subscription tighter

is this what you really think? im a little bit in awe of how braindead this analysis is. vegemite? the product made from brewers scraps? thats the product you use to defend capitalism??

Capitalism is so old hat. Everyone knows they are being treated unfairly and we just sort of grimace and bare it. Enough already! Let's move on to a more enlightened phase of humanities progression. What's the next new thing? C'mon! In the words of a favourite american troubadour, "We don't have to say goodbye if we all go!".

Unskippable DVD ads

Rip it and burn a backup without the ads?

This is easily one of the most delusional, confused, and dumb things I've ever read.

Never go full retard.

Omfg, thank you so much for bringing that up. Totally forgot about this. Definitely first on the list.

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People are so normalized to ads. I have many, many friends who either use YT free and wait patiently for 2 x 1 minute apps before every video AND ad breaks. I tell them about adblockers and they laugh and say "they dont mind". Or they play for YT premium and I tell them that adblockers exist and they say "i dont mind paying". Genuinely blows my mind