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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: mikelets456

We’ve been talking about doing this there’s just so much out there not sure the best route to go.


61 posted on 01/05/2024 5:17:31 PM PST by kelly4c
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To: RummyChick

there are now multiple free streaming and over the air channels with similar content to Hallmark.


62 posted on 01/05/2024 5:32:45 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: kelly4c

I am canceling Prime for my household. Use Prime services all of the time, but by the end of the month, it will be gone.

I have a Firestick, I am migrating my preferences to Roku for the interim and looking at the alternatives mentioned above.

I pay for my 88-year-old parents Netflix account. I will keep that because she watches cooking and sewing shows and my father watches military movies/shows.


63 posted on 01/05/2024 5:33:39 PM PST by Dacula
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To: Quentin Quarantino

Why pay even $1 when Brave is free?


64 posted on 01/05/2024 5:40:52 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: mikelets456

“Amazon has been a lifesaver when I could not find certain parts in stores that I could only get on Prime.”

Why is Prime necessary to find items on Amazon? I don’t get it.


65 posted on 01/05/2024 5:48:47 PM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: z3n

I gave up TV in the 80s. I do have free antenna TV to watch Columbo every Saturday though.


66 posted on 01/05/2024 6:22:47 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Republican Wildcat

this is not similar to Hallmark. It is Hallmark. My library gives you free access for 7 days every day 7 days.


67 posted on 01/05/2024 6:28:47 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: TomServo

“Dear Prime member,

Cancelled my Prime yesterday. I rarely buy things online and If I really need it checking the box triggers the prime again which I then can cancel. Kept it on through the fall for Thursday Night Football.


68 posted on 01/05/2024 6:58:09 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: Honest Nigerian

YouTube Premium. Worth the $15 not to get interrupted by advts. Which unlike standard TV shows just happen randomly in the middle of shows.

I keep YouTube music on in the background while I work. I have not gotten my 2023 report, but in 2022 I “watched” 41,000 minutes.


69 posted on 01/05/2024 7:02:21 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: Steven Scharf

Try a tv antenna..
I get fifty two channels…


70 posted on 01/05/2024 8:05:09 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: davikkm

Pluto tv has this one gay gay gay ad that has men kissing and hugging. I do not know what the product is but I know that Pluto tv execs like the money they are getting from it. It is on all sorts of channels like Gunsmoke, This Old House, Stargate, Star Trek, Sitcom, Classic tv etc.


71 posted on 01/05/2024 8:16:04 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Dacula

#63 The FREE Pluto tv has Lifestyle + Culture channle which has Smithsonian, History, Military, Power Nation (cars/trucks) Pluto Science, Voyager documentaries, Nature, Travel, Animals, Pets more

News+ Opinion. <- lots of news channels

Pluto tv available on Roku and cell phone and tablet and computer.
https://pluto.tv


72 posted on 01/05/2024 11:11:18 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: minnesota_bound

I try my best to avoid Pluto. The majority of their commercials are about gay people and I am not interested in watching the channel because of that fact.

My nephew is an executive with that company.


73 posted on 01/05/2024 11:26:28 PM PST by Dacula
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To: Dacula

Tell him a guy at Free Republic says to cancel the gay commercials! 😁


74 posted on 01/05/2024 11:31:50 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: minnesota_bound

That side of the family are fully-engulfed LibTards. Their eldest daughter (36) still lives at home and works at the local Apple Store as and waitress. She has a Masters in Music.

The nephew works for Pluto. I have not spoken to him in over 25 years.


Tell him a guy at Free Republic says to cancel the gay commercials! 😁


75 posted on 01/06/2024 5:44:23 AM PST by Dacula
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To: HamiltonJay

I want to make some changes due to the stupid costs. But not during Basketball Season. After March Madness is over — then I can deal with it.


76 posted on 01/06/2024 5:53:57 AM PST by KC Burke
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