As far as the ISP sending you ads, I don’t particularly care about who’s shoving that down my throat. I’m not paying for commercials, period. They want to shove ads and telemetry at me, make it free.
I think it’s safe to say that most everyone on the Fediverse is running adblock and probably also running a non-Blink browser. But I don’t care about the sites as a difference. I care that they want to get into my head, and I’m being charged by anyone to watch anyone’s commercials. If money is passing hands, I get ticked about ads.
I haven’t enjoyed a single prestige or cable show that I can think of in the last 10-ish years. I don’t subscribe to any of the streaming services, and I don’t watch much cable TV. I only have the damn thing because it’s cheaper than just having the internet, and my mother watches some of the cable-only channels.
The last big/new shows I tried to watch were Shannara (love the books and the PC game, bounced off the show) and Rings of Power which I didn’t enjoy. The only Disney related property I’ve watched in that time is the new Tron movie and I saw that in a theater. SSSS.Gridman was disappointing, Gamera Rebirth deserves less love than I give it as a Gamera fan, the Godzilla trilogy wasn’t worth its budget and I don’t enjoy Singular Point.
Being perfectly honest, the main reason I turn on the TV lately is to watch shows from before 1980 (usually on DVD), and the only reason I connect to a transmission is for local news.
Then you can pay for that specialized, expensive “experience”. That should not be the standard - as you said, those things can be “prestige” for the rich or the irresponsible. The standard should be the free service
I do want higher-budget “prestige” TV series though. And I want to access them when I choose to online.
What shows are you referring to that you have enjoyed?
My ISP doesn’t send me ads, so I don’t get what you’re referring to here.
As far as the ISP sending you ads, I don’t particularly care about who’s shoving that down my throat. I’m not paying for commercials, period. They want to shove ads and telemetry at me, make it free.
Most ads I see are from sites I don’t pay for. Although I run ad block everywhere
I think it’s safe to say that most everyone on the Fediverse is running adblock and probably also running a non-Blink browser. But I don’t care about the sites as a difference. I care that they want to get into my head, and I’m being charged by anyone to watch anyone’s commercials. If money is passing hands, I get ticked about ads.
I haven’t enjoyed a single prestige or cable show that I can think of in the last 10-ish years. I don’t subscribe to any of the streaming services, and I don’t watch much cable TV. I only have the damn thing because it’s cheaper than just having the internet, and my mother watches some of the cable-only channels.
The last big/new shows I tried to watch were Shannara (love the books and the PC game, bounced off the show) and Rings of Power which I didn’t enjoy. The only Disney related property I’ve watched in that time is the new Tron movie and I saw that in a theater. SSSS.Gridman was disappointing, Gamera Rebirth deserves less love than I give it as a Gamera fan, the Godzilla trilogy wasn’t worth its budget and I don’t enjoy Singular Point.
Being perfectly honest, the main reason I turn on the TV lately is to watch shows from before 1980 (usually on DVD), and the only reason I connect to a transmission is for local news.
Well okay, but I do like modern streaming shows and would like them to keep being made.
Then you can pay for that specialized, expensive “experience”. That should not be the standard - as you said, those things can be “prestige” for the rich or the irresponsible. The standard should be the free service
I mean it’s not the standard. You don’t have to subscribe to these services. There are free services that have TV shows you can watch.