Netflix, once a pioneer of ad-free viewing that offered a break from traditional TV norms, is now contemplating launching free ad-supported versions of its service in markets like Europe and Asia, Bloomberg reported.
The plans to offer a free ad-supported tier, albeit in select markets, suggests that pivot towards monetizing user data, in other words — making users and not the extensive library of award-winning shows a product, might be well in the pipeline.
I always thought it would be a nice addition to piracy for a release group to edit a version of shows that cuts the recaps and makes a more unified episode. I would totally only ever download their releases.
Myth busters had to be the worst offender in that realm. “here a 2 minute recap of that things you just saw 5 minutes ago.”
Maybe the vid angel people can get on that.
My thoughts exactly when i was watching old seasons of Canadas worst drivers
My wife and I recently started watching that. Skipping the first 6 minutes of episodes because we don’t need to meet all the drivers again, skipping at every commercial break because I don’t need to see what’s coming up or what we just watched…
Great show, but binging seasons gets rough