some countries have this issue regulated, lucky them
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Like the US. But it only applies to old school TV, not streaming services, and doesn't even seem to be enforced well where it does apply
Let's start a list of the countries with regulated commercial volumes.
Germany has had that for a couple of years. When that law was introduced, commercials really became quiter on some channels. Then the stations found out that no-one actually sues, so we’re back to square one.
Dialogue at the top.
Action at the bottom.
Can't hear anything that is said but then the action makes you scramble for the remote.
Bad mix.
I have found that Netflix loves to set things to 5.1 surround over stereo which is a thing to check.
Doesn't fix everything though *cough* Christopher Nolan *cough*
You guys are still seeing commercials?
Ugh, we pirate almost everything and I use ReVanced on my phone. But my mom (the one who STARTED the pirating on the Firestick) likes to watch YT as her TV (understandable), but won't let me download SmartTube and have her login to it because she's afraid of smth I guess (like getting her account banned for being detected using it). I've been using ReVanced YT music on my OG account for like a solid year now, and (including the OG account) two accounts on regular YT. Never got any sort of ban or suspension.
I tell her "well then use SmartTube logged out," but she responds, "But I want to have my suggestions/recommendations," which is kind of understandable, sometimes I want recs too. But having to watch 2-3 ads per 10 min section of a hour long video? Nope, absolutely not. I keep saying to her, "I can't believe you choose to live like this," and she just brushes me off.
Might be worth paying for premium YouTube via Indian proxy for people like that.
People still sit in front the TV watching broadcasts while holding a remote control?
(Yes, they do, they're generally over the age of 70)
Pirate all your shit. Problem solved.
Commericals 🔥🔥🔥
During the show:
Explosions and musical scenes - +++++++++++++++++
Actual content and dialogue - +++++
How old is this meme? Is that an ipod?
They were still selling click-wheel iPods just 10 years ago…
It's about time for us to start scheduling colonoscopies...
Less space than a Nomad. No wireless. Lame.
This meme comes from The Simpsons. I think the episode is called “MyPods and Broomsticks”, where they parody Apple. The scene specifically is one of the Itchy and Scratchy episodes within the episode. Scratchy is listening to his MyPod and dancing akin to the old commercials when the iPod existed, and Itchy cranks up the volume so Scratchy’s head explodes.
It's like some sort of bizzaro meme, made by a Gen Alpha teen who has lived a week in 1995 and has to deal with the hassle of TV commercials, but doesn't know what an iPod is (which is the "remote" in this picture).
AI post
See also: the Some More News podcast.
It's like Cody, Katy (and Jonathan is also there) are having a quiet conversation and then the advertisers burst in wielding a bullhorn set to max.
Good thing AntennaPod makes skipping the ads easy, otherwise I'd have to avoid the show completely.