Hulu quizzing about the ads played

How many? Turn off TV, unsubscribe from Hulu rows.

1. Ditch all paid streaming apps.
2. Research how Stremio, Torrentio, and Real-Debrid work together.
3. Never pay to see ads ever again.

All I know is that Lexus Texas (that is what TX means to me) sounds like the name of a porn star. Is that the message Lexus wanted me to take away from their advertising and branding?

Please drink the verification can

Why would anyone put up with the attack that is advertising? If it requires you to watch ads, it's not worth it. You wouldn't sit through a free movie if it meant a stranger showing up every few minutes and offering to let you rim them, (it's not that no one wants what their offering, it's that they don't care whether you're interested or not. They're still going to show you their asshole) why would you allow a similar violation of your mind?

"Our'research has determined that we can fill up to 90% of the visual field with advertisements before inducing seizures!"

Corporations all genuinely want to be that guy so fucking bad, just because they think that if they do become him, they might actually starry to finally feel something... anything. Or they think if they become that guy their father might say "I love you " for the first time or some other sad "this is why I'm a serial killer" shit.

I found the answer! It's https://help.hulu.com/article/hulu-cancel-hulu-subscription

It's finally here...

Ooh, I know the answer!

Does it delete random pieces of your data if you give it a wrong answer?

I'd cancel any service that did this to me.

They're really doing everything in their power to destroy their own business model, aren't they?

Somewhere someone thought this was a good idea.

Fuck that individual specifically, fuck head...

Dropped Hulu so very long ago.

Can’t be quizzed over ads if you pirate everything.

This is a brand lift study. It's almost worthless: Hulu is paid nearly zero for it. I can't believe they've stooped this low to scrape so little incremental revenue with such a customer hostile tack. Their product and analytics people must truly suck and completely lack awareness of counter metrics.

Is this fucking real? Get fucked, mainstream media, if this is the case. Plenty of books and old games to keep me occupied until Alzheimers hits, and then occupied again afterwards

Somebody better tell Sony about this. I'm sure they want to cash in from their patent being infringed.

:p /s

The dreaded future of advertising is here. Next step, in your face as you do your daily stuffs.

When Hulu still had ads when you bought a subscription, I swore I would never pay them ever again. That was around 2014. I have stuck to it, and every year I am reminded why. Fuck Hulu.

Drink verification can to continue

Aaaannnnd this just resolidifies my decision to not engage with streaming services. What a load of shit.

What happens if you answer wrong?

Extremely infuriating. Fuck that, pirate hat stays firmly in place.

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You seem to be hurt by modern subscriptions, take this, it will give you strength.

Yo ho yo ho

hulu is owned by disney. encourage canceling disney+ too just for good measure

Next step: political adverts that quiz you on what you've just heard and repeat each segment if you get the answer wrong.

Just kidding though (or am I). This is truly some dystopian shit. My first reaction was what the actual fuck. And I bet you that their numbers aren't really going to hurt that much because of this. Mark my words.

I love when instagram goes: "have you heard about ...?" Presumably asking this as they just showed me an ad about it that i completely ignored and i just go "no i haven't".

The only use of showing me ads is them getting paid and wasting my time. I don't pay attention to them because i either don't need/want it, just bought it or can't afford it.

It's been a long time since i bought something as a result of watching an ad.

do they make you keep watching the ad until you get it right?

I have one TV for my PC monitor and one for, well, TV. Both hardwired to the network, no external network access. Wrote a quick PS script to switch from one to the other or both, made it into an EXE with buttons, très chic. Everything streams off a crappy USB drive "RAID" array. OpenVPN server with Digital Ocean, hosted in Amsterdam, $6/month. DONE.

I'm not on some crusade against capitalism, I simply choose not to participate in bullshit like this.

tl;dr: STEAL YO SHIT.

Can you continue to watch your show without answering? Or are you forced to watch the commercial and answenthe question to continue?

I mean, it's fine if they're doing research on the commercials themselves, and the answers show how much or little people actually pay attention. But if you can't continue your show without the right answer, that's a problem.

Hulu does this thing sometimes where you can choose which ad you want if two videos. Usually there is a timer to pick a default for you. I don't see a timer on the screen, but I'm still wondering if Lexus is using that feature for this ad. Did it not progress until you selected something?

These companies are insufferable.

Arrr, what dickery be this "Hulu"?

If you answer wrong, what does it do? Refuse to show you any more of the program you are paying them to provide?

Oh wait, I know. It shows another ad, right? That's gotta be it. We'll keep showing you ads until you fucking pay attention!

Full refund.

Is this real? I'm pretty sure this is ilegal in my country

holy fucking shit and people give me the "you're a bad person" side-eye when i tell them there is such an easy way to never deal with that bullshit ever

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Capitalism's going well...

nightmare

I genuinely don’t understand why people still use Hulu when you can watch the same shit in better bitrate with no ads and no subscription

We’re not even talking about a Plex server or anything just freakin stream it off the 1000 trusted sources

The liberal mind is full of mysteries

This is where we're headed:

Hey Hulu, how many masts on my full-rigged ship?

What the fuck is a Hulu?

All I know is !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com (blocked by lemmy.world instance)

Despicable

That image is 100% the academic quadrangle at Simon Fraser University. Hah.

Arrrrrhhhhhh

Your entertainment area looks lovely.

I'm pretty sure they used to do this, at least a hundred years ago, way back when companies first realised that there's endless free real estate for adverts on the internet. Always wondered why they stopped.