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Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

submitted 9 months ago by ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ji17br@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Honestly, a preview for another show on the same service doesn’t bother me AS LONG AS it is skippable. I’ve never used paramount so I’m not sure if that’s the case.

If I’m being honest when I was a kid part of the fun of going to the movies was the previews before, finding out about upcoming movies and what not.

I do agree that you shouldn’t see the same preview every episode cause that’s super annoying. But I’d be totally fine with one per session or something. Again, as long as it’s skippable right from the start.

[–] elrik@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not skippable as far as I can tell. It also frequently advertises shows I've already watched. Sometimes it advertises the show I'm trying to watch.

I'm pretty sure it also has the "ad counter" showing on the screen during this as well.

Here's what they call it in their docs:

You'll also see a quick preview only once per day before any show to keep you up-to-date on our original programming.

It's not an ad, it's a "preview." /s

[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago

If you exit out and then start the show again, it skips the pre-roll. It's annoying, but slightly faster than waiting and watching the 30 second pre-roll.

[–] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago

They advertise as extra $ for ad free, but then they put ads in it. That's dishonest.

What I have to do whenever I watch a show is start the show, get the pre-roll, exit out, then start the show again. It's annoying and a stupid hoop to jump through just to not have to watch the same pre-roll over and over.