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This applies to all media though. I love the discovery channel but not all commercials. I love “Life Below Zero” but it’s filmed in a way to maximize the chance you turn to it when channel Surfing, and getting you to watch ads. it’s not optimized for long term viewing.

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I really hate that style of editing. Does it have a name?

The big signs include quick cuts of content you had just seen in order to summarize the story till then, previews before commurcial breaks, pre-starting the next episode (starting the next one before a break), and so many more annoying things.

The worst is when you binging it without ads - there's only 15 minutes of new content for the full duration.

It's not the same in two key ways: 1. Not everyone can broadcast on discovery channel. 2. Not every click/scroll/interaction is recorded by discovery channel.

Include these two ingredients and you essentially get YouTube.

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