Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a Year

Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by jerf on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:52PM (#19912658)

What really gets me about advertising is how much they annoy me, how much they wreck my leisure time, and how little money they make for it. For 4 minutes of annoying the heck out of me, they can expect to make single-digit pennies. What a freaking waste. If you're going to annoy me that much, at least make a couple bucks.

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Re:Netflix Saves Kids from Up to 400 Hours of Commercials a ... by isostatic on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @02:48AM (#19916976)

I cancelled sky a few years ago. They charge £30 a month and then put adverts on. Adverts are 1% of their revenue, so £3 a month.

If I watch 2 hours a day that’s 20 hours of ads a month, or 15p/hour.

I’m currently subscribed to nowtv to watch GoT. There’s an unskippavle advert at the start for other shows. That’s just about acceptable for the 6 times i’ll use it before cancellation.

DVDs used to be as bad, and I almost entirely stopped buying them because of it. they don’t seem to come with adverts now though.

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