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Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 118 points 1 week ago (4 children)

They want the old cable tv days back, but worse

[–] fakeplastic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, to this day all commercials are skippable on a DVR. It was stupid for anyone to think things with streaming would settle any differently.

[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Way late to the party cuz im browsing top posts for the week, but you reminded me of how I refused to believe my father when he said cable TV used to be ad free. He said it was the whole point of paying for it back then cuz paying for TV didn't exist yet.

[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Way late to the party cuz im browsing top posts for the week, but you reminded me of how I refused to believe my father when he said cable TV used to be ad free. He said it was the whole point of paying for it back then cuz paying for TV didn't exist yet.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

It's quite something how they're trying to force the Internet to work as an artificial version of things we already have, instead of using it for the unique purposes which it can actually fulfill.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 4 points 1 week ago

Youtube is also trying to be more like TV. Apparently, TV wasn’t bad enough.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Nice thing is it can't come back. There are too many other sources of entertainment and information to make one feel like one is missing out by simply opting out.