Peter GleickMar 13
Just a reminder that once-upon-a-time when entertainment streaming services began, the idea was by paying a monthly fee, you could get ad-free streaming.
No longer: We've been Trojan-horsed. Now you pay a monthly fee but still have to watch ads, or you have to pay ANOTHER monthly fee to avoid them.
Show threadA Guy Named Brian (he/him)Mar 13
@petergleick I’m so glad that Apple TV hasn’t succumbed to this yet, though it may well at some point. That’ll be a sad day, because it so sucks on those other platforms. 😕
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@GuyNamedBrian @petergleick
There are ads in the F1 broadcasts on AppleTV (but not in the F1TV app)
Mar 13 at 5:12pmWeb
Show threadA Guy Named Brian (he/him)Mar 13
@neverbeaten @petergleick Same with MLS, but I expect that with live TV, especially sports. It’s when it interrupts a streaming show or movie that wasn’t really set up to have ads in it that it peeves me, and what I’m hoping Apple TV avoids.