What the fuck is up with that image of Wednesday?! It doesn’t look like Ortega’s Wednesday to me. Is it ai generated?
Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026
Submitted 3 months ago by abobla@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world
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madjo@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Demonic74@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
It looks like her to me but idk
madjo@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Yeah you’re right, it is her, it might be the camera angle or something or perhaps her bangs are slightly different than in the rest of the show. Something just felt off and I can’t put my finger on it.
J52@lemmy.nz 3 months ago
Looks like she’s got a bad toothache or a dislocated jaw.
2ugly2live@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Haven’t had Netflix since the password debacle. Never even missed it. 🏴☠️
Ithorian@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Same, no regrets
Dave@lemmy.nz 3 months ago
Half of new Netflix subscribers opt for the $8 per month option rather than ad-free subscriptions, which start at $18 per month, the company says.
Damn, when did it get so expensive? Assuming that’s USD. That’s a decent amount more than Disney+, right?
NoDignity@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Actually not much more I think disney + ad free tier is like $16 now. Though I don’t think they- charge extra for 4k so there is that.
Dave@lemmy.nz 3 months ago
Oh I was comparing Disney+ Standard to Netflix Standard. Turns out there’s also Netflix Basic which is a similar price to Disney+ Standard, but with many more restrictions.
I think Disney+ Standard and Netflix Standard seem to be comparable. In NZD Disney+ is $16.99 (approx $10USD)and Netflix is $25.99 (approx $15USD) per month. Disney+ gives annual discounts as well.
None of the plans in NZ seem to have ads (yet…).
Though I don’t think they- charge extra for 4k so there is that.
Out of the two plans I see, the Standard only includes up to 1080p and 4k requires Premium, $21.99NZD (approx $13USD).
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 3 months ago
If you see Netflix as part of a bundle, get the bundle without it. You having no choice to get out of the subscription is feeding into this.
barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I like that they give everyone an exact date to cancel their membership.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’ve had Netflix on-and-off since the DVD in the mail days. I tried Amazon Prime for the shipping years ago, when they first started playing with streaming. Those are the only two I’ve had.
I have neither now, and if it turns out I can’t get the few shows I want to watch through other means, then I just won’t watch anymore. Passive media isn’t especially valuable to me. I have other forms of entertainment, including games, and the old stand-by, books. Outside is fun, too, when the weather isn’t crap.
mechoman444@lemmy.world 3 months ago
“other means”
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Not to me.
njordomir@lemmy.world 3 months ago
After that comes the part where the AI hallucinates a world where advertising guidelines don’t exist and gets the company sued for some very illegal advertising.
lightsblinken@lemmy.world 3 months ago
byeeeee
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I canceled Netflix, and then soon after moved from Verizon to t-mobile. I got Netflix “free” through t-mobile, so I logged back into my “cancelled” account like I’d never left. Netflix raised the price and t-mobile passed it on, so I was paying $4.50 for Netflix. They raised the price a couple of more times, I think, and then a couple of months ago they raised it again, and I was paying $11.00 for Netflix. After I finished watching Kaos, I cancelled Netflix. I only kept it because it was so cheap, but I rarely watched anything.
All the time I had Netflix, I also was a sailor, because I want to watch things not on Netflix. I should have dropped it the first time they raised the price.
Archangel1313@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Whew! Looks like I cancelled my Netflix account just in time.
adarza@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
i just finished a single month here, first one in a couple years. ran out of stuff by week three. it’ll be at least another 2-3 years before another binge month, if i ever go back at all.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Ads are ads, who cares if it’s AI generated?
gradual@lemmings.world 3 months ago
Great point.
You gotta remember, this generation of idiots actually enjoys watching ads. Every year they gather around to watch the most egregiously expensive ads and debate which one is the ‘best’ while children starve.
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world 3 months ago
at least with human made ads, people got paid for their work.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
At least with hand weaving, people got paid for their work.
You realise your statement could have been made about literally any labour saving invention in human history?
deathbird@mander.xyz 3 months ago
Counter argument: advertisement is shit, except it is less than shit because shit can fertilize a field. It is neither improved nor depreciated by human involvement. Every moment of human effort expended in producing advertising could be better spent on anything else.
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They are substantially cheaper to make and therefore have a greater profit margin because they can charge more for the advertising space.
These types of comments from companies are for investors and not a warning to consumers of what is coming.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
My point was, fuck Netflix for their shitty business practices anyway. Ads are bad, AI ads aren’t any better or worse.
Chessmasterrex@lemmy.world 3 months ago
One use for AI would be to eliminate all ads. The AI giveth and AI can taketh away. Lol
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Hey Netflix, the amount of people are willing to endure for a paid subscription is ZERO and it will always remain so. In fact even the stupid games advertised on the top of the landing page made me use Netflix less and less, and now that they stopped password sharing I don’t use it at all
kevin2107@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Nice ahoy mateys!
LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
Lol
Tungsten5@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The only reason I have netflix is because I stayed logged into my moms account after moving out. Once she dies or decided to stop paying it is when I will no longer have netflix. Im fine with losing it. I dont watch it much anyways. But now AI ads? Fuck no. They’ve been bad enough on youtube. Im considering getting a lyfetime membership to nebula and ditching youtube all together
nico198x@europe.pub 3 months ago
Just do it. They will only get worse
tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Torrents are great btw
nuko147@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Netflix was canceled even before twitter. It was nice until 3-4 years ago, when the quality of their service started to fall.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Canceled two years ago. Not coming back.
Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 3 months ago
Is there a plugin for Stremio that provides a kid’s profile function? That’s the only thing keeping me from canceling my Netflix subscription.
doodledup@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Why would I care. If they think it’s profitable, I have no arguments against it. I’m not paying attention to the ads anyways.
Pirata@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Cool. Won’t affect me, but good to know.
utopiah@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Hate to see it but… it makes sense.
It’s wrong, sure, in many ways (privacy, ecology, ethically depending on the dataset) but if there is 1 application where generative AI ads would make sense is through a personalized stream. So… yes it’s bad, consumers might reject it, but it’s not the actually dumbest way to use a terrible technology.
To be clear, again, I 100% hate it but if I was a greedy Netflix stakeholder I’d think “Hmmm yes, maybe!”.
Ilixtze@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Aaaand I’m so glad I cancelled Netflix this year. All the new shows are kinda trash anyway.
gradual@lemmings.world 3 months ago
Took you long enough.
Did you know there are free streaming sites with greater selection and don’t require you to make an account, let alone enter your credit card info and send them money?
Ilixtze@lemm.ee 3 months ago
To be honest I don’t watch a lot of Netflix myself, I paid the service because my mom liked watching it, and stuff like stremio was a little too complicated for her to use; But eventually Netflix got so bad, she had to learn to use the small Media PC i setup for her and stremio as well!
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Not that it means anything here, but I’ll definitely not partake. Hard pass.
Washedupcynic@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Quit netflix ages ago, but is add blocking not going to work here? I addblock on hulu no problem.
LordCrom@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Speaking of Hulu, does anyone know a way to get Hulu working on OSMC or other media player. Netflix works via API and keys… I can’t get other streamers on there correctly which pisses me off to to end.
midori_matcha@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I haven’t had streamslop subs in years.
Been sailing the seven seas ever since, and I’m watching it all burn from the crow’s nest.
gradual@lemmings.world 3 months ago
Everyone. This is what being above average really looks like.
Use your brains before your wallets. Most people immediately jump to the ‘money option’ because thinking is legitimately too difficult for them.
Don’t be a useful idiot, even if it’s what’s popular.