Fun fact: if you pay for Amazon Prime Video, most of their catalogue is actually on Freevee (which they own so you can access it through the same TV app) and you get shown an ad every fifteen minutes anyway. And even on the shows that are actually on Prime and don’t have midrolls, if you pause the TV show you will see a fullscreen ad instead of a freeze frame until you hit play again (except that there is a handy prompt informing you that if you press OK instead of unpausing you will be taken to a page where you can order the product shown directly from your TV)
Skippable promos for other shows, yes. But importantly, you won’t see ads for like, toilet paper or food or whatever, on the paid tiers (unless someone has a stupid like, “pay less for fewer ads” thing).
Having a loud beginning to the promos for other shows is just as annoying as loud ads for anything else. That fucking Stewart Saves the Universe or what the fuck it is called on HBO playing before everything I watched for weeks made me stop trying to watch anything until it switched to some other show.
Just be grateful that you don’t have to pay for the privilege of watching ads… yet.
Cable TV, I’m looking at you!
Cable TV and some streaming services, I hear.
Most streaming services by now.
Fun fact: if you pay for Amazon Prime Video, most of their catalogue is actually on Freevee (which they own so you can access it through the same TV app) and you get shown an ad every fifteen minutes anyway. And even on the shows that are actually on Prime and don’t have midrolls, if you pause the TV show you will see a fullscreen ad instead of a freeze frame until you hit play again (except that there is a handy prompt informing you that if you press OK instead of unpausing you will be taken to a page where you can order the product shown directly from your TV)
Skippable promos for other shows, yes. But importantly, you won’t see ads for like, toilet paper or food or whatever, on the paid tiers (unless someone has a stupid like, “pay less for fewer ads” thing).
Having a loud beginning to the promos for other shows is just as annoying as loud ads for anything else. That fucking Stewart Saves the Universe or what the fuck it is called on HBO playing before everything I watched for weeks made me stop trying to watch anything until it switched to some other show.