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One exception is I like some ads while watching TV shows/movies in a group. They're a built-in break for me to run off an go to the bathroom, get snacks, etc. They're still generally too frequent, but too many is better than none.
you really can't just hit pause yourself in the middle of a critical sequence?
Social implications no?
Like in the 2000s, the person who was the antsy-est and/or had the smallest bladder had an inarguable reason to take frequent little breaks.
(I’m not deciding for anyone that inviting marketers into the home is better than any other option, just saying!)
Well, you can't pause normal TV, tbf
It's not been normal for a while now
Now streaming is normal, but about to be replaced by piracy
Yeah, but it's annoying when there is a group and it paused it for everyone. There's the social pressure not to.
that's a fair point
Lol wut. Just ask your friends to pause or wait till the episode is over. A 45 minute episode without ads flys by because the tension / flow of the show is never lost artificially by some cringey #ad for whatever.
I do. Ads are better though than having to pause repeatedly to go pee or refill water or to talk about the show.
Then the next immediately starts (long outro+intros solve that though). Also, no guarantee I can wait that long.
You can turn off autoplay.
For real. Every issue this person raises is easily solved without needing inject yet another Dove body wash or wingstop commercial.
I'm suggesting injecting fewer ads, not more. Just not none in the specific case of group binge-watching. Simply because I need to break frequency of like 3 people combined and don't want to be blamed for the seemingly excess pausing.
But that's the same problem with pausing.
‘Too many ads is better than none.’
Damn bitch, you live like this?
I feel that. Sometimes I get lost in the sauce streaming on Revanced and then an entire day is gone. The old style of media had me at least question several times an hour about getting up and doing other things, now it's easier than ever to just end up in a depression binge