The biggest enabler of these are those bundles you get with cable / Internet providers. Do yourself a favor and buy these individually if at all so you can stop the subscriptions at any time without worries.
this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2025
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"No ads" don't mean we don't show ads....duh
"No, ads!"
"No capes!"
They seem to be a bit stupid about punctuation. It should read "No, ads!"
Hasn't Hulu had ads on their paid tiers for a long time now? I remember that being a big deal way back, so I never bothered with a subscription.
Yes! Hulu originally was 100% free because it had ads. The it became a monthly sub but never removed the ads. Then it split into what it is today with an ad option and an ad free option.
Ads free but with ads ! So words included in a contract don't carry the same meaning as in the dictionary ?
Free ads
'Inflammable' means flammable? What a country!
Welp, just canceled that subscription. They can fuck right off.
There's no way that they should be allowed to advertise "no ads" when there are in fact ads. This is consumer protection so basic and obvious that it should be a slam dunk even with the current government... right?
There's no way this should be a profitable course of action. If I was paying for no Ads and started getting Ads I would immediately cancel my subscription and go somewhere else.
Unfortunately too many people are good little consumers who just don't care and it doesn't even occur to them to stop paying and demand better.
Hulu did this shit in 2014. Never used them again. Hulu is crap, you are kinda getting what you deserve.
I would argue all streaming services have gone to shit. I'm not saying I encourage anyone to pirate that doesn't want to. But I am saying i don't blame a single soul that does.
As far as I'm concerned all those companies can go fuck themselves. They know that the less technical people will willingly keep paying so the ones they lose won't matter.
And I am clarifying that as I continue to subscribe to this service, circumstances may require that my payments will exclude currency, and include regular visits to The Pir[REDACTED]te Bay.
Edit: sorry, Rule 2.
So happy I can exist with no subscriptions!
Pirate your shows. Not just as a defense against ads, but as a defense against Disney throwing plotlines down the Memory Hole
This is what I do:
- Buy a perpetual license to the content I want (usually on Prime or Microsoft Store)
- Pirate it and load it onto my PLEX server.
This is the only way I can actually have control over the content that I fucking paid for. If that makes me a thief, then so be it.
Of course, this only works for PPV content. I generally just don't watch content that's available via streaming subscriptions only. I never paid for cable and I'm not paying for cable 2.0.
If those titles require ads, don't include them in my feed. I don't want to know they exist.
I want to believe that all this is really saying is that if Hulu ever does a live event there will be ads but only time will tell
This update brought to you by the letter ARRRR
Hulu was my Netflix alternative. If they start showing me ads I'm done with them too. Hopefully this was added for live events, sports, etc, but I don't know if they deserve the benefit of the doubt.
Paramount Plus is the same way.
Yet another example of how paying for something doesn't prevent enshitification.
Private Torrents
That's why I pay for hulu+++×+
It's guaranteed you'll never see an ad*
*unless Hulu determines it is justified
Well, it's ad-free as long as you consume at least one verification can every 10 minutes
You must shout "burger king" loud enough that it's detected on 3 neighbors microphones
Often times the ads are included in live streamed content like sports. Sports that don’t have ads like older MLB streams just show a weird “we will be back soon” title card because they are just simulcasting the cable broadcast.
Damn today sucks eztv gotta work a little harder removing those ads for me now
Even if you do get a copy with ads, it's trivial to remove it yourself. You can use Handbrake and specify chapter times. Chapter start at open credits. Chapter end just before the ad roll. Chapter start after ad roll. Chapter end at the end of the video.
If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't theft. ;-)
Streaming is akin to renting not buying
That's the point of what they're saying. If you're only buying a subscription to the content then it's not theft to get access to that content by other means.
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you're ruining the catchy slogan, it's like you don't even want this to be Reddit
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muh series
Hulu has always had a clause like that. Their ad-free tier has always had a handful of shows that have an ad at the beginning and end, which is why I don't pay for the ad-free tier and just use NextDNS.
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"circumstances may require"
No, you just want to do that.
REQUIRE Line go up!
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