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Re:Streaming video has surpassed cable subscriptions worldwide by zwkrt on Saturday March 23, 2019 @06:49PM (#19472761)
Just today I swear I was served an ad that didn't have a yellow bar, so we can all look forward to that hell. At least cable is produced to have ad breaks that make sense, as opposed to cutting sentences in half.
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Re:Streaming video has surpassed cable subscriptions worldwide by Waterluvian on Saturday March 23, 2019 @07:03PM (#19472813)
What's the point of the yellow bars? I'm a little surprised they exist in the first place. What were they added in response to?
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Re:Streaming video has surpassed cable subscriptions worldwide by therealx on Saturday March 23, 2019 @10:31PM (#19473796)
To let you skip the ad before it's over. You typically have to wait a few seconds but it's less than the full wait.
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