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Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast”
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2024
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I canceled cable service for 2 reasons: 1) commercials 2) watching 4 channels and paying for 100
Now with streaming, commercials are back and Im finding it harder and harder to locate decent things to watch.
Not sure where to turn next
You have 2 options. Buy the media on discs, or join us on the high seas.
I’ve got my own Plex server but I’ve seen everything on it multiple times. Time to dust off the old eyepatch and peg leg, I guess
Sail the seas, m'boy!
With the writers and actors strikes this year, I think it'll probably be slim pickens until summer or potentially autumn.