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Ads are by their very nature derogatory to anywhere they are placed. Ads never add value to any experience. They always take time and attention from the viewer's intended activity.

Not all product information is advertisement.

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Netflix could have gotten away with ads a few years ago maybe. Not now with all the competition available. their content is relatively weak tbh now that a lot of the classics have moved to other platforms. I'd be gone immediately

I don't think they could have, even then.

Competition was incredibly fierce, it just came from cable TV.

The main subscriber base for Netflix was essentially folks who didn't want to see ads, and were willing to ditch cable tv for that experience.

Probably true, but somewhere between 2015 and 2020 netflix was a pretty dominant monopoly - at least in my area.

Controlled viewing comparable to directTV / OnDemand was the main selling point. Being able to binge an entire show at will. Breaking Bad hitting its peak. I think they would have gotten away with it

I think many people think the ads on the Superbowl are an attraction.

I feel super bowl commercial are different though. They aren’t the average ads—they are the high budget, high creativity jewel crown of ads.

Yep, they are the top of the dung heap.

The advertisement part of the superbowl content takes away from being entertained. The negative impact to the consumer is being manipulated, for example, to prefer budweiser over coors because the giant horses and dalmatian puppy made you tear up. That's got nothing to do with beer.

Remove the advertisement / manipulation from the content and it's more valuable to the consumer.

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