• Flying SquidM
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    385 months ago

    That and hiking their prices like the rest of the streaming services while having a fraction of the new content.

    • NegativeNullOPM
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      155 months ago

      War is peace
      Freedom is slavery
      Ignorance is strength
      Pay more for getting less

    • @[email protected]
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      95 months ago

      it’s like 5.99 to watch 45 minute shows with 5+ 120 second ad breaks. I instantly canceled and went an alternate route

      • @[email protected]
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        125 months ago

        It’s nuts that companies really think that a subscription fee + ads is something that is reasonable.

        But crazier is the mass of idiots who go for it without question.

        Though, I was raised in a household that didn’t have cable growing up and when we did (my mom won a contest and we got cable for free for 1 year) we were all surprised that people legit pay a monthly fee for cable and endure ads as much as what we got on network TV.

        You can’t have it both ways. Either I’m being shown ads to pay for the content you are providing to me at no monetary cost directly to me or I pay to avoid being bombarded with ads. There is no middle ground between the two. I will never pay for the privilege of obnoxious ads, even if there is a higher tier without ads.

        Miss me with that bullshit.

        • @[email protected]
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          55 months ago

          I pay the higher rate for “ad free”, but now I see ads before starting programs. Quite irritating. I assume if I read the fine print, I’ll find that “ad free” changed at some point along the line to “fuck you, we’re showing ads and you’ll like it”.

          We also have numerous issues with the Paramount+ app on our FireTV - frequent crashes, trouble starting playback, and other things. It’s by far the buggiest app we use.

        • @[email protected]
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          15 months ago

          I grew up with ads on TV and I stopped watching TV when I grew older. We have cable subscription now as a package for our internet, but it is not even connected. I own a TV but I only stream.

      • Flying SquidM
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        55 months ago

        I cut the cord so I wouldn’t have to watch commercials and there is no way in hell I am ever going back to them. And if they start having ads on all the services, I guess there will be a lot more piracy.

    • @[email protected]
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      5 months ago

      They lie also. Adds Ghosts UK and says all seasons now streaming…shows 2 out of the 5 added

      • Flying SquidM
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        25 months ago

        Ghosts is such a great show. I didn’t even want to watch the US version because I didn’t want to know how they ruined it.

        • @[email protected]
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          25 months ago

          I tried the first episode of the US version after watching the 2 UK seasons on the app. I was like nope. Everything about it felt worse.

          • Flying SquidM
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            25 months ago

            If you finish the UK show and want more, the same people behind it made a comedy fantasy show called Yonderland. It has most of the same cast (although some of them are just doing voices because there are puppets).