FAST channels are growing, and so are ads.
  • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    24 days ago

    At some point they are going to have ad channels with content breaks.

    • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      24 days ago

      We’re already there, most ‘infotainment’ shows are thinly veiled ~20minute advertisements, broken up by ad breaks…

  • Ballistic_86@lemmy.world
    173·
    24 days ago

    Isn’t that the agreed upon consolation for free content? Was nobody alive when TV was the primary means of content consumption?

    It always irked me that people are upset over YouTube running ads. Like, of course they had to start running ads, hosting/programming/daily operating millions of videos isn’t free for them. They need to make money some how, even at “break even” which prevents the idea of profit seeking would mean running ads.

    Hate to sound like a “kids these days” but seriously, absolutely nothing in life is free and if there isn’t a direct cost, advertising is going to be present.

      • Ballistic_86@lemmy.world
        1·
        23 days ago

        I agree that if Google is getting the content for free they should, at least try, to keep it ad free for the consumer. But I don’t know if Google has to pay licensing for stuff like PBS. PBS does technically have ads, but they are unobtrusive, shown at the beginning or end of a show and are presented as “Brought to you by….” Less of an ad and more recognition that a company has paid to support bringing PBS to you for free.

        I’ve never uses this service, so I’m not aware of how they might insert ads either. Between shows? Typical ad-breaks times every 8.5 minutes of broadcast time? More?

    • magiccupcake@lemmy.world
      3·
      24 days ago

      Not for the shield, but there’s a Chinese device, Ugoos am6b+, that you can install coreelec on.

      Coreelec is a linux os designed to run kodi, add a plex add on and it can play almost anything.

      Any dolby vision profile, including the one that can usually only be played on bluray players. Any audio including TrueHD, dolby atmos, and DTS.

      Sucks for streaming apps sadly, so you’d have to get another device like Apple TV or something.

      • helenslunch@feddit.nl
        315·
        24 days ago

        I really wish people would stop suggesting Kodi/Linux/Plex/Jellyfin as an alternative to Netflix and the like. These are just fundamentally different services that are not comparable. And Linux is limited to 720p.

    • SuiXi3D@fedia.io
      3·
      24 days ago

      At least there are ways to block those ads. Sponsorblock is a godsend as well.

  • Chozo@fedia.io
    5·
    24 days ago

    I’m not sure what exactly is going on here. This is regarding their live TV service and FAST streams, which both already have ads by default. Is this just that they’re replacing the existing ads from the original stream with new ads?

  • Gravitywell@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    23 days ago

    I have a google TV device and I didn’t even know they had a free option FROM google, but Pluto and tubi already have ads so not really surprising google would too… I just use jellyfin and smart tube, haven’t seen ads in ages.

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    3·
    24 days ago

    Wait until they make a cultural phenomenon out of advertisements. It’ll be like Demolition Man, but the people will be even dumber.

  • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    24 days ago

    I like to use Pluto TV m3u in Tivimate and my own curated content from Plex in there too with DizqueTV.