I just tried to look up a specific video of a Nick Swardson stand up bit. All I searched was “Nick Swardson loitering”. There were 5 fucking ads before an actual user posted video, then one real human posted video that barely had anything to do with Nick, then 5 more fucking ads.

I knew they were forcing ads into videos but clogging the entire search feed with ads is unfuckingbelievable.

Is this really what it’s come to? Ads are more important than what I’m actually looking for? Are people really okay with this?

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    We pay Prime for the delivery options, and we buy a lot from Amazon. LOL, I even have Prime integrated on my Kodi server but my instinct is to pirate it first.

    • leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
      3·
      5 months ago

      I also pay Prime for the delivery (it’s a cheap annual payment around these parts).

      I also still torrent Prime shows, not out of instinct, but because it’s more convenient and less of a hassle, I get them in higher quality, and I can archive them for later.

      • AndrewZabar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        Yeah, one day something is on a streaming service, the next day they’ve removed it. I always pir8.

    • AndrewZabar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      I mean… pirating gives you the content saved on your own system, in the format you’ve chosen from those available, on your own system that’s not subject to pruning at their whims. My wife uses the prime video and Netflix because it’s easier for her, as I have not yet setup anything like Plex yet. I just use a pc connected to the TV, which is more complicated for her. But I’m going to eventually get something setup on Linux and a media center system like Plex or more likely something simpler.