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  • towerfultoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldHulu quizzing about the ads played
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    4 days ago

    No, mainstream media is part of capitalism.
    Specifically shitty mainstream media (I’m sure there are some mainstream media providers that aren’t shitty).

    This is a shitty product.
    This is a shitty product that is part of capitalism.
    This is a shitty product that is part of capitalism which happens to show mainstream media.

    But this isn’t mainstream media.

    Mainstream media would want in on the ad revenue. Mainstream media would facilitate & encourage this.

    This is just a shitty product from a shitty company capitalising on shitty practices.

    Edit:
    I guess “part of the same bullshit” is correct.
    But it’s placing the blame on the wrong thing


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    This isn’t mainstream media.
    This is capitalism.

    This is a company making a product, selling it for a given price, then making additional money from embedded ads.
    Whether that ad revenue is additional profit, or to offset the actual cost of the item - because the sold it at a loss to beat their competitors - doesn’t really matter.
    This is the consumer paying for something, and not getting a full and complete product