As Amazon becomes the latest platform to push an ad-supported tier, TV writers greet this retro model with frustration and, in some cases, disdain: “I thought 'Nine Perfect Strangers' with commercials was horrible,” says David E. Kelley of his Hulu show with breaks.
  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    What I want to know is how much money could insurance companies (cough, Liberty Mutual, cough) POSSIBLY be saving people when they are buying ads on every video on Youtube.

    • poayjay@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      I always wondered what if someone started an insurance business that didn’t spend billions on advertisements, it just offered genuinely lower rates. When you sign up you have to sign something promising you’ll tell 2 other people.

      • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        “We can’t lower prices! Look at how much we have to spend!!”

        Points at billions in ad slots being watched by mostly AI now

      • abysmalpoptart@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        There are plenty of insurance companies that are like this. They’re significantly cheaper than the nationally advertised insurance options.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        01·
        10 months ago

        The Market Basket of insurance companies - solid, quality products, at a reasonable price, because they simply don’t do any marketing.

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      That’s what you’re seeing. Not what I’m seeing. Welcome to the wonderful world of targeted ads.

      I only get Doctor Drew telling me stuff is a metabolism killer.

      • TheFriar@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        You guys watch ads on YouTube? When YT gets the better of UblockO for a couple days, I just open the YT homepage, see which of the regular channels I check out have new videos or I look through my recommended and then I open piped or yewtu.be. Fuck YT. I refuse to watch ads. When I open a YT link through lemmy, I’ll close the window immediately if an ad starts playing. Fuck these companies.

      • Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        10 months ago

        I get douche bros peddling instant meal powder crap. Which I have never, ever, looked for or researched, but my wife’s shopping habits tend to dictate my ads, even though we’re on completely different devices.

        • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          10 months ago

          Yeah, if you’re going through the same router, it’s going to be one IP. My guess is that I get the metabolism stuff because of my spouse.

          • the_third@feddit.deEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            That’s a feature. When you start to get diaper ads it’s time for some news.

        • QuarterSwede@lemmy.worldEnglish
          01·
          10 months ago

          And equally that I have had LM for decades and that’s all I see ads for … yeah, real effective targeted advertising.