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by ExpendableGuy 1066 days ago
I'm sure the HN audience already knows this, but Tubi is basically an ad-supported version of what Netflix was back in the late 2000s / early 2010s: a handful of marquee movies and TV shows with a ton of filler and diamonds in the rough. I'm finding myself watching Tubi more than Netflix these days.
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I've never heard of Tubi, and it being `ad-supported` I will never touch it. Why would you subject yourself to that?
"Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. Unfortunately, we're not currently available in your area."

Oh well...

You lost me at "ad supported"
Tubi is free, so I'm okay with some ads in it. I'm only opposed to things I'm paying for having ads at all.
Tubi isn't just some ads, they easily double the length of a show and damn near double movie lengths.

They literally doubled their ads overnight a while back and I uninstalled immediately as they had already been adding a good chunk of time to anything I watched.

Also was the same ads over and over.

Sure, it may be fair to complain that there's too many ads. I'm just saying it's not fair to complain that there's ads at all.
Gotcha, and too true, least it is an option.
That is a fair assessment.

I personally can't stand ads, regardless if the content is free. So it frustrates me when a service has something I want, but they do not have any sort of premium ad free subscription option.