Even worse are the self promoting ads on platforms that claim to not have ads; such as Apple TV, HBO, and the like.
"Skip ad's" YouTube and "Skip Intro" on Netflix take the same amount of effort but I only hate the former.
Submitted 4 hours ago by Pmutuma@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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bobbyjoan@feddit.nl 4 hours ago
scytale@lemm.ee 3 hours ago
Right? “Oh here’s an ad of our service that you are already subscribed to and actively using right now”.
joyjoy@lemm.ee 2 hours ago
“These ads are also immune to buying an ad free tier.”
Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
With HBO, it’s usually an ad for another one of their shows, rather than an ad for the thing you’re already subscribed to. I’m okay with that, even though I usually skip the ads anyway.
ibasaw@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
If I’m not wrong:
Netflix: skip intro has a keyboard shortcut “s”
YouTube: skip ad does not have keyboard shortcut
hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Because on Netflix what you’re skipping is something you expect and maybe even want to see. On YouTube it’s ads, which you don’t necessarily expect nor want to see. And the skip button is just associated with that.
Also, on YouTube you sometimes have to skip multiple consecutive ads, sometimes you have to wait for a few seconds, and sometimes you can’t skip them at all. It’s not made to be practical, it’s made to serve you as much ad-time as possible, as that is the bread and butter for YouTube (contrary to popular belief they don’t make a lot of money, so it makes sense. Although I’m not sure I like they way they try to make money to stay in business).
RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Adding the cue marks for the skip intro takes actual effort to set up correctly
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Sometimes, I like the intro. The music, the visuals, sometimes they get you in the mood for the show. Sometimes, I just want to get on with the show. I appreciate having a choice.
I never want to watch advertisments.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Why doesn’t Netflix have an option to always skip intros? Why do I have to hit it every time? Are there people that love watching the intro?
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Not Netflix, but some shows have amazing intros that change every episode, like GoT.
Some shows put unique gags in each intro, like Simpsons.
200ok@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Watching the Simpsons in the 90s… Live, no streaming, no recordings. If I missed that intro my week was ruined.
Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I think they use that to help track whether you’re watching or not (I don’t recall ever seeing the “are you still watching?” prompt when skipping intros… but my sample size is 1)
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Show the still watching prompt, auto skip the intros. That is one action every few hours vs one action every half hour.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 hours ago
If only I could install an extension to auto skip when I am watching on my TV and not any of the other things I have that can use an adblocker.
ShunkW@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
On Netflix it’s just the intro to the show. On YouTube it’s ads. Big difference
qlya@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I know a lot of people disagree with me on this, but “just” the intro to a show is still an ad.
I absolutely hate ads and I hate “intros” to shows. They are one and the same. I don’t care if I have the option to tap a button to skip the intro (some services don’t even allow this), end of day is I literally pay for “ad-free” content on these services and they still manage to mess that up.
I’m open to hearing why people are ok with these intros while not ok with normal ads.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Because it’s part of the show? What is it advertising? Usually there are some amount of credits. Certainly not ads.