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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 hours ago

Aaarrr matey, this for sure wouldn't be the reason why we pirate, would it?

Fuck all of this, I'm so sick and tired of technology advances leading to just more shit for money. I worked for only 9 months in a corporate environment that did shit like this and it nauseated me. Got fired for throwing the CTO under a freight train (figuratively) and never been happier for being fired.

[–] FPSXpert@discuss.online 37 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

"Please stand and yell "Mcdonalds" to end commercial"

[–] aiden@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago

Isn't this patent infringement? Sony patented that, right? Hulu should be allowed to use that.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I'd yell "Whopper beats a Big Mac!"

And I thought I couldn't feel better about Jellyfin.

[–] Anarch157a@lemmy.dbzer0.com 88 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Drink Verification Can to proceed,

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 102 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's what you get for paying instead of pirating.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 42 points 21 hours ago

Paying for the unique opportunity to see the newest, moistest, and most intrusive ads*.

*Also comes with a limited selection of movies and series.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 34 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, we need a new war. This time against the rich.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 35 points 18 hours ago

That's not a new war. It's the war behind all the other wars.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 10 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, but it's not a new war. It's an eternal war, and when those on top push too much, we push back. We call those stages revolutions, and maybe it's time to remind those on top that when a revolution happens, their heads get separated from their bodies. So either give us back some freedoms, or blood will be spilt. And it won't be our blood.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 37 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is how I become radicalized.

[–] krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 18 hours ago

You're on lemmy, you're already radicalised.

[–] EonNShadow@pawb.social 8 points 15 hours ago

Bleh.

This is awful.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 47 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Wrong answer, rewatch the ad and try again.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 53 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

You joke but this is exactly how this specific ad works. My brother got it yesterday and he picked the wrong answer and the ad played again.

[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 18 hours ago

I have no sympathy for anyone losing profits to piracy.

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 18 points 17 hours ago

Fuck me sideways. We need to dismantle capitalism like yesterday.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 11 points 17 hours ago

How is that legal, completely insane

[–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

That's really stupid, but there's one (unimportant) thing I'm not understanding. When they ask the numbers of rows in the car, are they asking the number of rows of seats?

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 68 points 22 hours ago

Oh, wow, at least in Black Mirror they only made sure your eyes were open, you didn't need to pay attention.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 13 points 17 hours ago

I'd love to become rich, so I can keep on pirating as a statement. Or to show a rich guy how much better pirating is as a service.

Maybe then we can get their attention and prove that enshittification is the problem, and not the cost.

[–] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 21 points 19 hours ago

New season of Black Mirror looks lit af.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

What happens if you dont answer "correctly"?

[–] Micromot@feddit.org 26 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I would expect another ad or the same one again but I don't know

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 23 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like the only even remotely acceptable way to do this is to show the ad, prompt for the answer for 10 seconds. They can log the right/wrong answer or if the time expires the lack of one and must move on.

I can imagine metrics knowing if your advertising is actually reaching people is valid. But to make people answer and especially make them watch more if they answer wrong is about as dystopian as it gets.

If (and I say if, I really don't want to believe it is) that is the case, the only correct response is to uninstall Hulu immediately and put on your pirate hat.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If this was the case, I'd enter the wrong answer every time just to fuck with their metrics

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Engaging in it by thinking about it and answering is going to make it stay in your mind longer and would be a success in the eyes of the advertisers.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago

In that case I'll enter the left answer every time

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 13 points 20 hours ago

It plays again, but louder.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

what happens when you answer wrong?

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 11 hours ago

Just a liitle electric shock.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It tells you the right answer. It then it froze up and crashed my Fire TV.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 16 hours ago

to be fair it does not take much for my fire tv stick to freeze up and crash

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If it's like captcha, the same thing as when you answer right... Start all over.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 16 hours ago

Will be interesting to see where this goes. I know I have said it before and they might not think im serious but so help me satan I will read books. Do they want that!

[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

What's the purpose of this? You have to supply a correct answer to make the ad go away?

[–] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 11 points 21 hours ago

that's some black mirror stuff

[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

man i got 3 notifications in 1 sec