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I can’t believe how people can commit such heinous sin by suggesting garbage websites like [movie-web.app]. Someone did this to me this morning and I was absolutely thankful enraged.

    • paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      The thing I hate to see is where you CAN’T pay to get rid of ads, like they won’t let you buy a thing straight up. They’re like “watch it free (with ads)” and that’s the only option – many things on Prime that used to have purchase options. That made me cancel and start collecting DVDs.

    • Zorque@kbin.social
      11·
      1 year ago

      People have been paying to see ads for years. Amazon has had it for at least half a decade, Hulu had it before that (though much more limited in scope). Ad-supported is not a new thing. It’s just Netflix was relatively good at one point, before every media company and their uncle wanted a bigger slice of the pie.

    • HughJanusEnglish
      37·
      1 year ago

      You’re not paying to see ads. They’re just subsidizing the cost of the service.