This might be meant to cover things like paid sponsorships.
this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2025
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I just cancelled my subscription and got a refund too. Good riddance.
"No ads" and "ad-free" apparently mean whatever they want it to! Man, I'm so tired of these giant, greedy corporations and modern enshittification...
what the fuck are people actually paying for at this point
I assume they mean the live TV offerings, and technically the Hulu splash at the start of every episode is marked as an ad.
But it’s still scummy.
They're modifying a legal document, one of the most detail-focused creations *ever. If they only wanted it to apply to live TV programs, they absolutely could have. When people (or corporations) show you who they are, believe them.
edit: autocorrect
This is the TL;DR of what was updated. This is not the actual ToS.
Not defending, just pointing that out.
It's... an excerpt, provided by Hulu from the full document, saying what they are allowing themselves to do with our money. It doesn't have to be the entire EULA, word-for-word...
They've been showing ads on content from certain sources on supposedly "ad-free" tiers for years.
The Hulu logo preroll/interstitial isnt an ad but it uses the same system. I imagine they only mean ads in live TV offerings.
Jesus fucking christ.
I just assumed this disclaimer was for live sports, which include ads whether you want them to or not. It’s not like you can just leave out the commercial breaks in a live broadcast.
Show us the challenge review, show us the mascot relay race, show us the kiss cam.
yes, you can, and I would expect an "ad-free" service to do so, at minimum replace it with a "commercial break" sign and preferably adding extra commentary.
LMAO I’m glad I stopped using Hulu’s service as they are a corpo dumpster fire; streaming was always doomed to become shitty because corporations can’t help but screw up good things. They intentionally waited for the shift in Administration to be as bullshit as possible.
Beating will continue until morale improves
Someone get Louis on the phone. There is another article for the Consumer Action Taskforce database waiting to be written.
This isn’t new. They’ve been doing that since Agents of SHIELD was on the air. They would start with “this is not included in the no ads plan.”
Yep. Worked there for a bit. They're contractually obligated to show ads on certain content. Doesn't matter what tier you're on. As a paying customer (a rather long time ago), my partner became so incensed at the ads that played even though he paid for ad-free that he rage-cancelled his membership.
If you can prove a contradiction then you can prove anything, and here we have ¬ads = ads. BRB there's some stuff I want to prove that I have.
let p = ads, thus p = np. Where is my prize money?
Sorry bro, but you're too late. I already proved p ~= np in the same manner.
Surely the FTC will have some to say about this oh wait
But the CEO of proton assures me that this administration will stand up for the little guy and nominate someone who will do good antitrust work!
Yup, just another reason to sail the seas, which is sad because I liked streaming while it lasted.
But become your own streaming service:
https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/docker-home-media-server-2018-basic/
This is some "boneless wings may contain bones" bullshit, fuck Hulu.