Just rage canceled Paramount+ after seeing the 1 minute of unstoppable ads before each episode.

Then they’ll say people don’t want to pay for content…ffs

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.worldEnglish
    615·
    1 year ago

    We got a skippable 30 second ad, then the Paramount logo, then watched 2 seasons of Star Trek strange New worlds without a single ad.

    You sure you didn’t just hair trigger yourself there?

    • DudeDudenson@lemmings.worldEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      I still think you shouldn’t have video ads in a paid streaming service. Even if it’s just a single ad during a watch session. It shouldn’t be there when you’re paying to see the content

      • r00ty@kbin.life
        2·
        1 year ago

        Here in the UK, I feel like a similar thing happened with cable/satellite. Originally, Sky TV was completely free. They only had 4 channels (and one of them was only kinda sky) mind you. But they were all free (with adverts). Later they brought in encryption and a subscription for the movie channel.

        I am quite sure I recall seeing one of the rationales for when they started the subscription service covering the non movie channel, it was stated that there would be less or no advertising and it would instead be covered by the subscription. Needless to say, that never happened.

        But ultimately, this is just normal business practice. If they can get away with charging you AND making money from ad views, they’re going to do it. The only way to stop it, is not to subscribe to those that do it.

    • Inventa@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      It happened on 2 episodes in a row, with over a minite wait until the episode. Both times the same ad, which makes it even worse, for a 20 min episode of lower decks. I’m sensitive to commercials when I’m already paying premium.

      • Donjuanme@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        I definitely feel the hatred towards all things ads, I would probably cancel as well if I was in your position. Fortunately 1 ad per session is the rare exception to my ad free viewing (and I did curse quite a bit at that ad, whatever it was for)

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        What country are you in because I just turned it on and tried to play an episode of lower decks, and I don’t get any ads, so I’m wondering if it’s only in some parts of the world.