• Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    -The break meant that there would be at least 15 minutes of no ads after

    -During that long break you had the ability to empty your bladder, or get more snacks

    -You didn’t get repeats of ads during that singular break

    -The ads weren’t targeted to you specifically, but targeted to the viewers of the show you were watching

    -The advertisers saw value in “quality over quantity”

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      1 year ago

      Oh my God the repeating ads really are what makes it so much worse. Whenever I watch something on Hulu I have to sit through the same three commercials and it becomes completely mind numbing. Cable had more variety since it wasn’t as targeted.

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        I’ve never been able to see the point of repeated ads. If I didn’t want the thing 30 seconds ago I’m still not going to want it now. PTL for 30s jump forward, not even fastforwarding ads these days.