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This is Why People Refuse to Pay For Stream Services Anymore
Citizen Watch Report ^

Posted on 01/05/2024 10:38:59 AM PST by davikkm

The idea of paying for cable was that there wouldn’t be ads.

Then the ads came, but there was around five minutes of ads for an hour of content.

Then it went to ten minutes for a half hour.

In 2023, there are now ten minutes of ads for every ten minutes of content.

What was a 90 minute movie is now strung out to three hours on a channel.

(Excerpt) Read more at citizenwatchreport.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: ads; blogkaren; blogpimp; cable; entertainment; stickitkaren; streamingservices
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To: AlaskaErik

Same here. It broke and no desire whatsoever to replace it. Learned with my kids if you tolerate or reward bad behavior you only get more of it.


41 posted on 01/05/2024 11:46:43 AM PST by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

I always used the commercials for bathroom breaks and refilling the snacks.


42 posted on 01/05/2024 11:48:18 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Honest Nigerian

Yes, rounded up a few cents. $15, best deal in town.


43 posted on 01/05/2024 11:49:25 AM PST by Quentin Quarantino
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To: Jamestown1630

We do the same thing, but the ones we see often aren’t even $2.

However, you don’t always find what you want. Sometimes it needs multiple trips, but that’s OK. There’s always turnover.


44 posted on 01/05/2024 11:50:28 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: z3n
You're right that after giving up television for a while and then trying to watch it again, there's nothing worth watching and the length and frequency of commercials are intolerable.

One thing about giving up television is that it only gets easier not to watch it.

45 posted on 01/05/2024 11:50:49 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: davikkm

Or you could just watch the movies on the many free sites on the web.


46 posted on 01/05/2024 11:54:16 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: mikelets456

Prime will be introducing commercials

” Dear Prime member,
We are writing to you today about an upcoming change to your Prime Video experience. Starting January 29, Prime Video movies and TV shows will include limited advertisements. This will allow us to continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time.

We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers. No action is required from you, and there is no change to the current price of your Prime membership. We will also offer a new ad-free option for an additional $2.99 per month* that you can sign up for here.”


47 posted on 01/05/2024 11:56:39 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: metmom

I like going to the thrift shops anyway, so finding a good DVD is a bonus.


48 posted on 01/05/2024 11:57:06 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: PIF

We’ve noticed this already. It doesn’t bother us - we both grew up knowing only network TV with ads. But I imagine it’s annoying to younger people.


49 posted on 01/05/2024 11:58:36 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jumper

I noticed this kind of thing during a period when the US Military or members of it were somehow always the villains.


50 posted on 01/05/2024 12:00:47 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: davikkm
The entire digital movie experience is "broken"


51 posted on 01/05/2024 12:12:23 PM PST by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: TomServo

I saw that. Its bad enough paying $14.99 per month th but then to have to watch ads? 😤


52 posted on 01/05/2024 12:21:17 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: davikkm

Cable was the ultimate scam...

Create a channel that NOBODY watches... then charge the cable companies a few pennies per subscriber to carry it, and then also sell adds on it.

MAKE tens of Millions...

Literally could play nothing but old shows you would have found on UHF stations back in they day that cost next to nothing to broadcast, and rake in millions upon millions.


53 posted on 01/05/2024 12:24:01 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: IamConservative

Yep. Netflix isn’t releasing quality content, most of what it does release is totally ‘woke’ garbage.


54 posted on 01/05/2024 1:12:21 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Jamestown1630

I was a young lad before there was TV, and when it came in, had 15 minute commercials, usually running the ad for the Magic Slicer Dicer.


55 posted on 01/05/2024 1:12:40 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: mikelets456

Oh you will starting January 29th on Amazon prime.


56 posted on 01/05/2024 1:17:09 PM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: z3n
1) It really is a bunch of mind-rot.

Literally. I haven't had TV in ages. When I go to a friend's house and they want to watch something, it doesn't really matter what it is, I can almost physically feel my brain turning off.

57 posted on 01/05/2024 1:20:22 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: TomServo
We will also offer a new ad-free option for an additional $2.99 per month* that you can sign up for here.

LOL! hahahahahahahahaahahahaa

58 posted on 01/05/2024 1:21:58 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: ansel12

“We see the same impulsive greed with individuals, only the now counts, the immediate payoff and gain with no view or thought to the long-term reputation or enduring image.Even immigration and military careers are in that same zone of greed, me, and grab it now and suck out everything you can squeeze out of it.”

Hear! Hear!


59 posted on 01/05/2024 3:51:42 PM PST by sergeantdave (AI is the next iteration of a copy and paste machine.)
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To: davikkm

Hate to say it but Youtube TV gives you almost unlimited recording and skip over commercial capabilities.

If you watch live or VOD you have to watch commercials but if you start a recording, the come back in 30 minutes you can skip commercials.


60 posted on 01/05/2024 4:26:29 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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