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Re:Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company by jwells89 on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:12PM (#37052345)
That's good to hear. I haven't watched cable or OTA TV for around 15 years at this point so I don't have a good idea of what it's like these days, except for that time ~5 years ago when I tried plugging in an antenna to see what I could pick up but immediately lost interest after being reminded how much time ads take up on OTA TV channels.
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Re:Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company by whalesalad on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:15PM (#37052395)
The ads are undoubtedly the worst part. During local news it’s terrible/obnoxious furniture companies and national news is 100% drug commercials.
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Re:Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company by gnarlynarwhal42 on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:58PM (#37053003)
frankly, the ads are the least bad part. at least ads are honest in their intention
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Re:Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company by jvm___ on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @02:40PM (#37053591)
"...in rare cases, may cause gangrene of the perineum."
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Re:Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company by whalesalad on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @03:25PM (#37054220)
love that the disclaimer has to explain where the perineum is on that one lol
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Re:Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company by claytongulick on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @08:24PM (#37057272)
Which has an effect on content.

Which has an effect on the political process.

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Re:Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company by gfdsgvbcd on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @03:46PM (#37054520)
i feel like TV ads get a bad rap sometimes. you dont have to actually watch them, they provide a natural pause in the action to go get a snack, go to the bathroom, do something else, rather than sitting there for 12 hours straight "consuming content"
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Re:Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company by kedean on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @12:06PM (#37064749)
There's a weird phenomenon I've started noticing when watching streaming shows where I keep thinking a commercial break would be nice. Even on shows built for streaming.

It's not that I want the ads so much as I want a short break from consuming the content.

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Re:Do you avoid the news? You’re in growing company by yakubin on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @01:33PM (#37066029)
But when they are in the middle of a film, they often make the film twice as long, and films these days are already awfully long. They can also give you a heart attack when they are thrice as loud as the film, and often start after there was a silence in the film.
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