[booleandilemma]

This time it’s without commercials, at least.

I recently watched plain old tv again (after not watching any for several years) and I can’t believe we used to put up with those! It was like I suddenly turned off my adblocker.

[conanbatt]

Its truly incredible. I also had to stop using ad-block due to some work-related regulations, and I should demand compensation from the state on that.

What is most noticeable to me is how wasteful advertising is. I've seen some of the same ad 1000 times, and im just not going to buy that damn car. I cant drive!

[xur17]

> I also had to stop using ad-block due to some work-related regulations, and I should demand compensation from the state on that.

I'd love to hear more about this if you don't mind.

[conanbatt]

I work in healthcare: any plugin with access to your rendered pages is a massive liability.

[pjc50]

Interesting that having ads profile the browser - and in many cases the ads or metrics have access to the page - isn't. I wonder if you could persuade them to drop a few domains at the router.

[Terretta]

Get the IT guy to switch to Zscalar, Adguard, or similar ad blocking DNS:

https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html

At home, I believe the software defined mesh routers from Eero offer a subscription with Zscalar’s malware and ad blocking DNS, 1Password Family, and VPN.

[philpem]

I'd guess it's either "browser plugins are banned" or "one of the advertising companies might sue us."

[WalterBright]

I tried to watch a half hour episode of "Strange Inheritance" last night. There was probably only about 10 minutes of show - the rest was commercials, "after the break" previews, and post-break recaps.

[Tsubasachan]

And on demand. When I come home from work at night there's nothing on television but I can watch an episode on Netflix before going to bed.

[bobthepanda]

Well, depends - the lowest tier of Hulu has ads. Nothing's stopping anyone from being greedy and introducing ads anyways.

[lotsofpulp]

Now the commercials are inside the show and make the whole show unwatchable, at least for me.

[redhale]

Cable originally had no commercials as well...

[msla]

> This time it’s without commercials, at least.

That's how cable was sold, too.

Some channels still respect that (TCM) but most others don't.