this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2025
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] thurstylark@lemmy.today 98 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's exactly the thing that turned me off cable. I'm not interested in paying for a service that's going to pipe ads into my home. OTA TV, fine, I'm not paying for that. When I can pay for services that don't show me ads, why would I pay for one that does?

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I can pay for services that don’t show me ads, why would I pay for one that does?

Don't worry, they are gradually taking that option away too.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then the answer becomes to get those things without paying someone to show you ads.

When the illegal choice becomes the objective best experience, you're just a savvy consumer.

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but you end up paying extra to not see ads, so… it’s the same thing either way.

[–] thurstylark@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So? If I'm paying for a thing, I'll sooner pay for a thing that doesn't have ads than one that does.

When that fails, there's always the high seas.

[–] med@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] thurstylark@lemmy.today 1 points 13 hours ago

I absolutely would! That's pretty kickass

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago