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[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ads "destroyed" TV. Streaming only became popular because it meant no fucking ads. Now ads are destroying streaming. Circle of capitalist life, I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Circle jerk of capitalist life,

Fify

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Streaming is the best thing that happened to TV.

The fragmentation and exclusivity bullshit sucks, but streaming, on demand, in any length of time I want to spend in a sitting, without ads? I barely watched TV before streaming, because it wasn't worth the downsides.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

After Adam Conover said, "...mastodon is the linux of social media, no one will use it...", I stopped listening to his opinion.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He is on Mastodon @[email protected] though.

And I do agree with the first part of the statement...but I think a good chunk of us here use Linux so the latter part falls flat.

Perhaps we'll see it similar moreso to Unix. Where activity pub is Unix and is used around the world. But Linux is still used by a small portion of the population.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

He is on Mastodon @[email protected] though.

He's also apparently someone who streams video on YouTube!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean I use Mastodon and Linux and even I know he was 100% right about that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

bro it is the year of linux desktop and fediverse

trust me bro

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Eh. Adam Conover is James Corden Zero. 🤮

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I moved out my first decision was to not get cable anymore. Streaming wasn't even a factor in that decision as Netflix was only just starting here. I just didn't care about all the drivel broken up by increasingly long commercial blocks. Lack of quality killed TV for me, not streaming.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some of the premium paid TV channels like HBO always had great content.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately in my country HBO was only available as an add-on, so you'd need an expensive cable subscription you didn't want and then pay extra for the concent you'd actually wanted to see. Pretty bad deal.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I see grimace, i don't click.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The only thing I got from this is that bro loves ads more than anything in the world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yar Har Fiddle Dee Dee! Being a Pirate is alright with me! Do what you want cuz a Pirate is Free! You are a Pirate!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

We would be far better off without TV. Sadly, TV is still alive and busy brainwashing millions as we speak.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think there's way too many salty nerds here that either didn't see the video or didn't even get the point Adam was making.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

didn't even get the point Adam was making.

I don't think you understood the point the peasants are making in these here comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Eurovision is on public broadcasters for a reason.