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   Dwight Silverman (dsilverman@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 00:18:25 JST Dwight Silverman

   Streaming TV, once a refuge from the scourge of annoying and insipid ads, is now rife with them - unless you’re willing to pay a premium.

   And I’ve got bad news for you. It’s going to get worse. Possibly much worse.

   https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/tech/article/streaming-tv-with-more-ads-18679686.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-lMTcwODc4NzUwOTA3OQ%3D%3D&rid=YmE1NjU5MDMtMDM4OS00MDYwLWE1YzItNTYwNzYwZDQ2NDc5&sharecountc3MvdGVjaC9hcnRpY2xlL3N0cmVhbWluZy10di13aXRoLW1vcmUtYWRzLTE4Njc5Njg2LnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTcwODc4NzUwOTA3OQ%3D%3D&rid=YmE1NjU5MDMtMDM4OS00MDYwLWE1YzItNTYwNzYwZDQ2NDc5&sharecount=NA%3D%3D

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 00:18:25 JST Warner Crocker

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     @dsilverman Like you say, we’ve all seen this coming. What’s particularly annonying is just how damn sloppy the ad insertion is. We watched and episode of Feud last night and at least 3 ad insertions cut in the middle of sections of dialogue. You’d think with all this fancy ad tech they’d figure out how to not show the blatant contempt they have for the viewing experience.

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     Dwight Silverman (dsilverman@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 00:35:39 JST Dwight Silverman

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     • Warner Crocker

     @WarnerCrocker I am on no-ads tiers on all my services, and won’t watch apps like Freevee, so I haven’t experienced what it’s like - I hate TV ads that much. But maybe I should for the science.