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For live TV there are ads, but that's because there are ads during live TV, regardless.

However, Hulu does offer up ad-free options.

https://help.hulu.com/s/article/hulu-no-ads

Basically, people opt-into seeing ads. They can opt-into seeing no ads, too. It's not rocket science.

I thought the same thing until about 2 minutes ago.

https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials

Yep. There are subscription levels with and without ads. I believe the ad free is $7 more per month.

and a year or two ago, when I had a hulu subscription, that ad-free plan didn't mean no ads on all channels. just on their 'core' ones. If it was a partner company, they still showed ads, even if you paid for ad-free.

Yes, you can pay more to remove them I believe.

You can pay more to remove some commercials but not all. From their FAQ:

> Q: I subscribe to Hulu (No Ads) but I’m still seeing ads during on-demand videos

> A: Most of our streaming library is ad-free for Hulu (No Ads) subscribers, but there are a few shows that will still have ads.