I’ve heard rumors that limited commercials is a scam lately. That they have increased the amount and length of commercials significantly and it now has about as many commercials as a regular tv show.
Does anyone have this plan? What is the commercial rate like?
I watch Youtube sometime and can watch a 60 minutes show with about two 30-second or so commercials. Not that bad. Sometimes three ads, but nothing huge.
My wife insists on paying Hulu extra for no commercials, then the bastards put them in anyway (Beginning and end of show). At least they’re nice enough to tell me I’m a chump.
I have Hulu limited commercials. The ad breaks are shorter and less frequent than regular cable channels. Still intrusive though.
I have Hulu commercial free. I’m quite pleased with it. Don’t recall seeing any commercials pre or post show either.
That sounds about right. Standard cable is 16 minutes of every hour is commercials.
I also have the Hulu limited commercials plan, and I’m perfectly okay with it. The quantity and frequency of the ads does not seem nearly as much what you see on broadcast or basic-cable TV. I also don’t mind having an occasional break to get snacks from the kitchen. The only annoying thing about it is that they’ll often run the exact same commercials at every break.
I suspect I’m not as advertising-averse as most Dopers, however.
It’s not bad. Plus they have a countdown timer, so there’s something better to watch than the commercials.
$12 for no commercials is a no-brainer to me. They do a show a short commercial (I think it was even a show promo or something) before Agents of Shield, but that’s all I’ve ever seen.
I guess we’ll take our free month trial, then try commercials for one month. I guess we can throw $4 at it the next month to upgrade if we hate it.
Only a handful of shows are like that though.
For the difference in price for me it is worth paying for no ads.