minus-squarecmeu@lemmy.worldtoKagi Small Web Appreciated RSS Feed@lemmy.world•✱ Netflix's Confused State of BeinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoI watch tons of Netflix - but yesterday I came close to cancelling it outright. They had the home run Derby presented live… I missed the start of it by about 4 hours. I thought wow ok now they have live sports events? Let me try this out. I started it from the beginning and after the dry and tedious opening with the hosts, decided I want to fast forward past this and get to some action. That’s when I noticed the yellow markers on the playback timeline. On a whim, I FFd just past it - sure enough, 3 minutes of unskippable ads. I backed out immediately and haven’t watched anything on there since. I remember when their whole model was that I paid monthly so I didn’t have to watch ads. Prime did this, they all do it now. Humanity is really circling the drain… linkfedilink
I watch tons of Netflix - but yesterday I came close to cancelling it outright.
They had the home run Derby presented live… I missed the start of it by about 4 hours.
I thought wow ok now they have live sports events? Let me try this out.
I started it from the beginning and after the dry and tedious opening with the hosts, decided I want to fast forward past this and get to some action.
That’s when I noticed the yellow markers on the playback timeline. On a whim, I FFd just past it - sure enough, 3 minutes of unskippable ads.
I backed out immediately and haven’t watched anything on there since.
I remember when their whole model was that I paid monthly so I didn’t have to watch ads. Prime did this, they all do it now.
Humanity is really circling the drain…