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If you're getting ads on a service that you pay for, it's time to drop them and go somewhere else. A company doesn't care what the consumer thinks until their bottom line is affected.
The problem is situations like Amazon Prime when we paid for ad free and Amazon changed the game and started ads and wanted you to pay MORE for add free. They are chipping away at Prime benefits while jacking up the price. This should not be allowed until you renew Prime or you signed up after the announcement. You paid for ad free when you signed up and changing the rules in the middle like this is just another obvious money grab. Especially when I mostly see ads for other Amazon programming that we already see before the shows start.
So True! Amazon/Bezos Greed Factor is passed along to all of the loyal, long time Prime customers. For the past year, I noticed products previously purchased on Amazon going up large amounts in prices, forcing me to look around elsewhere. Sometimes I find the same merchant, same product offering, free shipping on EBay Cheaper than Amazon Prime. Bezos is passing along his business failures of grocery stores, medical services, space competition and more to Amazon Prime Members.
They no doubt calculated that the legal exposure and subscriber loss would be less than the cost of grandfathering. Of course they'd already carved off a significant chunk of Prime Video value back when they spun up IMDBtv/freevee, and now that's coming back into the fold, probably with the commercial-free extra-cost option intact. I wonder if they're gearing up for a bigger shift away from the seven-headed-hydra value approach of Amazon Prime.
@@jleechadwickNo, they also interrupt in the middle of programs and are not well times breaking into the middle of scenes in shows like Reacher. Also intially they were ALL ads for other Amazon programming. The ads at the beginning never bothered me and I learned of some of my favorite shows through the pre-roll ads. $3 is nothing, but Prime was also $80, then $100, and now $140/ year and they want another $40. It is just starting to get ridiculous. We can convince ourselves what's another $36, but when is enough, enough? They SHOULD have grandfathered existing members since it was ad free when we signed up, THEN renewals would be under the current ad plus plan.
The entire reason I initially wanted streaming in the first place was to not have to be bombarded with the awful commercials / ads. I have no interest in ads.
I have starting to use a prepaid debit card for online stuff like roku. There isnt any money on there until I want something and put it on there. so if that gets hacked they aren't getting anything. I also dropped directv when they sold to AT&T years ago. That was when I cut the cord actually and placed an antenna outside.
Along with not re-using passwords on multiple sites, the best way to 'store' them is writing them on a sheet of paper as it can't be hacked or held up with ransomware. Make a copy or two and put in multiple places so you don't lose it. Ads: Two favorite streaming services are Pluto and Tubi. When I first started watching them the ads were minimal and infrequent, so easy to tolerate. Lately both those services have increased ads significantly and they've become intrusive to the point of breaking up the continuity of movie. I know I watch less of both services these days. DVDs from the local library are a great alternative.
Err...no. You should never write down passwords in plaintext that somebody can grab. If you must have something physical written down, it's much better to write down hints to yourself for the passwords (or even better - some type of code that only you can decode).
I grew up watching Network commercial TV over the air. So the idea of advertisements doesn't bother me so much. My only issue with the ads they do on streaming services is their timing. Back then the commercials were set to appear at a certain time and you knew that they were showing up. Now a lot of the advertisements just start up sometimes right in the middle of someone's sentence on a TV show or a movie. My only other issue is when they show the same two or three commercials over and over and over.
I grew up with commercials on network TV and later on cable TV. Once those commercial breaks became too long, I started doing other things during the commercial like reading a book, surfing web, check email, crochet, etc. Only ads I watch are Superbowl.
This is why I never put my CC info into my Roku account. If you can avoid it, never put your financial info into any sort of account that acts as a hub for other services - that's a high reward target for hackers. Always do your stuff as diffuse as possible, and ALWAYS use different passwords across all your accounts without fail - if one gets compromised, the rest are safe.
I don't mind ads as long as I don't have to sit through 12 minutes of ads for 3 minutes of programming. I've seen too many carriers going this route. I refuse.
I'm all for limited ads on free streaming services (when i say limited, i mean don't want to get swarmed by 10+ ads per ad break) If i pay for a streaming service i don't want to see ads period.
Ad free for me. By the 2nd day of the free trial of ad free TH-cam Premium I was hooked. I dislike ads so much that most of the time I 𝙢𝙪𝙩𝙚 the volume when they come on.
I ended up getting TH-cam Premium when it was still TH-cam Red and was being offered, at no additional cost, with Google Play Music (before it was changed to TH-cam Music). No way would I ever want to go back to TH-cam with ads. I remember how I had forgotten to update my card info with YT some years ago and I had started seeing ads. I got angry until I had realized my mistake. It’s just that serious with me, lol.
I changed my Roku password, but there doesn't seem to be a way to have 2 factor authentication for Roku accounts. Given the hack, they should probably add that feature.
Toward the end of last year I started watching TH-cam premium without the crazy ass advertisements for sure because I don't like them interrupting when I'm watching videos on TH-cam from the TH-cam channels that I subscribed to and it is a whole lot more better, so I do pay the $13.99 for the TH-cam premium category which comes up to $14.96 in total all right. Eric. Thank you
I prefer ad free especially if I’m paying for it. I’m over 60 y/o & all my life before streaming broadcast tv had “commercials,” now streaming w/ads. If it’s totally a free service I’ll tolerate ads but my preference is ad free.
I’d rather read books instead of watching tv with ads. I pay for TH-cam Premium and don’t watch videos that contain paid promotions, which are ads by another name.
I hate commercials. What I really hate is when they charge you a rate, and still shove commercials on you, and force an up-charge to limit them. (Ggrrrr....) I even pay for TH-cam premium to avoid the add-rolls (I watch a lot of TH-cam) If it was just me, I would only pay for the TH-cam premium, and basic cable (mainly to get internet) However, the wife has certain programs she watches, so in addition to the above, I wind up paying for Netflix, Hulu, Disney, Apple, Peacock, Paramount, and a couple others I do not even recall. For everything (including internet), I would say our TV viewing costs about $400 per month. I know that is a lot, but we rarely go out, other than perhaps a matinee once every 5-6 weeks, so that is pretty much the entire entertainment costs. (About $13 per day)
I don't care about ads gives me time to get up and do things between my show I grew up a commercials they don't bother me and I ain't paying you more not that to get rid of the commercial they get paid for the commercials now they want you to pay them for getting rid of the commercials these people are criminal
I don't mind a few ads, but some of them are inappropriate for all ages. And a few channels run the same, exact ad at every break. That is ridiculous. Some ads on TH-cam will go on for several minutes if you don't press "skip".
*ads. Gives *show.I *commercials. They *more than that (if that's what you meant) *commercial. They *commercials, and now *commercials. These *criminal.
@@alvallac2171" *more than that (if that's what you meant) " It would read better "...me, and I ain't paying you more now to get rid of..." Not to get into whether it is grammatically correct to use "ain't," of course. Now, are we done with the grammar lessons for the day?
They are cracking down on it, your days of skating by are numbered. They have been starting to restrict accounts, and in some cases people's accounts are being terminated
Ad free for me. If I'm paying for TV, I want as few comments as possible. As it is, TH-cam itself wants to replace television and is now bombarding viewers with ads. I'd be OK with that if it were 1 or 2 ads per video, but now there can be as many as 3 ad breaks during an 18-20 minute video. It's insane!
@@Goldstar_ its limited no doubt about it but there's more than just that. There's mash, gunsmoke, star trek and lots of others. It's not like the new stuff coming out (whether it's o.t.a. or solely on cable or a paid streaming service) is worth watching .... much less paying for.
10:10 I prefer ad-free all day everyday. I have a hard time getting into a movie or tv show if there are ads, so I'll pay the extra cost whenever (within reason of course).
We had a discussion with a few people when cutting the cord whether to set up streaming services payment through our Rokus, or to set up payment directly. We chose the latter, so we have no form of payment saved on our Roku account. This story just reinforces that decision. Many times, convenience increases risk.
Answer Of The Day: Personally I *ALWAYS* want an ad-free option, and I will generally take it. Indeed, I am disinclined to use a service that DOESN'T have an ad-free option -- the content has to be very compelling, and often I'm canceling the service soon after I'm done watching that particular content. That said, I generally don't mind if an ad-free service wants to run a single promo for their own content before I start watching a program -- but if I'm watching multiple episodes of a program, the very last thing I want to see is a promo for something else, and I may not check out whatever you're pimping that way out of spite. Indeed, I think streaming services and advertisers generally may be underestimating the power of spite.
@@AtomicBuffaloI feel the same way about yard signs. I feel that if the candidate already has that many supporters, they don't need my vote. I'll use my vote to help support the underdog instead.
Had UVerse with my ATT and just a few weeks ago, finally cut it out (saving me over $50/month). Should have done this a year ago when the show I was watching had it's last season (and episode) a year ago January. Get all my video entertainment online now; have no need for cable. :)
I rarely pay any attention to any of the commercials and ads. If the channel or service starts showing too many commercials, I stop watching that channel.
I used to use the same password so I could easily remember. I still do something I can easily remember they are just not the same. Someone can try to hack me. They won't get much out of broke accounts.
Ad free, ad free, AD FREE PERIOD full stop (drop mic) BOOM...LOL Why on God's green earth would pay for something, then have the thing I'm paying for, do a side hustle to make more money off of me, it's called double dipping or being greedy! Charge what it costs w/o ads if I want it. I'll pay for it. If not, no bueno
Ads vs no-ads: depends on what I am watching. If I am watching a horror or suspense movie, having ad breaks ruins the experience as it breaks the buildup of suspense. Other genres, I am fine with having commercials if that is the "cost" of watching them for free.
What is interesting is that I was locked out of my TV unless I agreed to arbitration. I received an email explaining new rules of arbitration. Obviously Roku is more concerned about covering their backsides than alerting their customers that they're credit card information was stolen.
@@interstat2222 I would be if I was an incompetent, corrupt business. They don't even have two factor authentication, which would have helped in a big way. They won't even notify the accounts that were hacked. So if you don't want lawyers lined up you should do the work, to keep your customers information safe or step aside.
I will go without before I will watch ads. Count me in the hell no category. And frankly I don’t believe a majority of people are genuinely ok with being brainwashed every few minutes.
Ads. Fine for free services, like OTA, Pluto and the like. I refuse to willingly pay for ads. If the ad-free is too expensive, which it always is, they do not get my business. I can live without 99% of the streaming services since I prefer broadcast television over on-demand. Now, I am single, so my preferences are my own. Totally understandable when there are other people in the house using the service.
I grew up with them too, but the number of them has gone way up the past ten years. The variety has also gone way down. I can't sit through a 30 minute show with 10 minutes of insurance ads.
I'm 52, and I very much mind commercials. Just because I had to watch them as a kid doesn't mean I want to stomach them as an adult. I also don't want to buy a 100 lb TV even though we had that heavy azz floor model with no remote when I was a kid. Technology can sometimes suck, but I don't want to go back to a world without it.
I'm okay with Some ads. Some of my family members do not like ads at all. We will re-evaluate our streaming services in May. I have to accommodate everyone in our family.
My experience with Hulu was there were more ads than content! Then the price increase verses my watching the service meant I drop Hulu! Netflix went when they cracked down on my being able to share (yes, I know I wasn't supposed to share) with my niece's family to help her out! I didn't watch enough of the content to justify paying! Netflix also had to big a gap in teen ti adult shows! I'll never be that mature!
If I directly pay for a service I prefer the ad free version. Two out of the three streaming services I receive through my cell phone plan now include ads; it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Something to consider for the future.
Like the choice of ad and ad-free versions of streaming apps. I pay for ad free because I can afford it; where as my kids have a mix because they have the costs of raising young children.
Constant broken sentences and speaking ability prevents me from focusing on what's being discussed. Not trying to be rude but cannot subscribe because it's an annoyance for me similar to the whole nails on the chalkboard dilemma.
You misunderstood what happened. Technically, Roku wasn’t hacked. What happened is that idiots who used the same username and password on different sites (going against common sense security practices) got hacked at some other site and then those stolen credentials from the hacked site were used in “credential stuffing” attacks to break into their Roku accounts (and likely accounts at other sites). There isn’t much that Roku can do about that when people do dumb things.
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I am OK with ads on free services. If you are paying for a service, there shouldn’t be any ads at all in my opinion.
Subscription fee + ads is a well-established service model that predates the Internet.
I don't get ads, you get ads?
I don't get ads/commercials on any of my paid streaming services.
If you're getting ads on a service that you pay for, it's time to drop them and go somewhere else. A company doesn't care what the consumer thinks until their bottom line is affected.
The problem is situations like Amazon Prime when we paid for ad free and Amazon changed the game and started ads and wanted you to pay MORE for add free. They are chipping away at Prime benefits while jacking up the price. This should not be allowed until you renew Prime or you signed up after the announcement. You paid for ad free when you signed up and changing the rules in the middle like this is just another obvious money grab. Especially when I mostly see ads for other Amazon programming that we already see before the shows start.
So True! Amazon/Bezos Greed Factor is passed along to all of the loyal, long time Prime customers. For the past year, I noticed products previously purchased on Amazon going up large amounts in prices, forcing me to look around elsewhere. Sometimes I find the same merchant, same product offering, free shipping on EBay Cheaper than Amazon Prime. Bezos is passing along his business failures of grocery stores, medical services, space competition and more to Amazon Prime Members.
They no doubt calculated that the legal exposure and subscriber loss would be less than the cost of grandfathering.
Of course they'd already carved off a significant chunk of Prime Video value back when they spun up IMDBtv/freevee, and now that's coming back into the fold, probably with the commercial-free extra-cost option intact.
I wonder if they're gearing up for a bigger shift away from the seven-headed-hydra value approach of Amazon Prime.
Yeah, paying $3 a month is going to make us go broke. They show an ad at the beginning of the show and the end of the show--how intrusive.
@@jleechadwick😂😂😂 So true
@@jleechadwickNo, they also interrupt in the middle of programs and are not well times breaking into the middle of scenes in shows like Reacher. Also intially they were ALL ads for other Amazon programming. The ads at the beginning never bothered me and I learned of some of my favorite shows through the pre-roll ads. $3 is nothing, but Prime was also $80, then $100, and now $140/ year and they want another $40. It is just starting to get ridiculous. We can convince ourselves what's another $36, but when is enough, enough? They SHOULD have grandfathered existing members since it was ad free when we signed up, THEN renewals would be under the current ad plus plan.
The entire reason I initially wanted streaming in the first place was to not have to be bombarded with the awful commercials / ads. I have no interest in ads.
I have starting to use a prepaid debit card for online stuff like roku. There isnt any money on there until I want something and put it on there. so if that gets hacked they aren't getting anything. I also dropped directv when they sold to AT&T years ago. That was when I cut the cord actually and placed an antenna outside.
Good thing my Roku account still has an old expired credit card that I closed years ago. lol
Yeah, I used a prepaid credit card and it expired over 10 years ago.
L😂L quick thinking to outsmart those hackers. Lately it seems every site is being hacked.😮
Along with not re-using passwords on multiple sites, the best way to 'store' them is writing them on a sheet of paper as it can't be hacked or held up with ransomware. Make a copy or two and put in multiple places so you don't lose it.
Ads: Two favorite streaming services are Pluto and Tubi. When I first started watching them the ads were minimal and infrequent, so easy to tolerate. Lately both those services have increased ads significantly and they've become intrusive to the point of breaking up the continuity of movie. I know I watch less of both services these days. DVDs from the local library are a great alternative.
Err...no. You should never write down passwords in plaintext that somebody can grab. If you must have something physical written down, it's much better to write down hints to yourself for the passwords (or even better - some type of code that only you can decode).
I grew up watching Network commercial TV over the air. So the idea of advertisements doesn't bother me so much. My only issue with the ads they do on streaming services is their timing. Back then the commercials were set to appear at a certain time and you knew that they were showing up. Now a lot of the advertisements just start up sometimes right in the middle of someone's sentence on a TV show or a movie. My only other issue is when they show the same two or three commercials over and over and over.
I grew up with commercials on network TV and later on cable TV. Once those commercial breaks became too long, I started doing other things during the commercial like reading a book, surfing web, check email, crochet, etc. Only ads I watch are Superbowl.
That's what I do too. I will not pay for ad free services. I can find much better things to do than paying $16 a month for ad free Hulu.
This is why I never put my CC info into my Roku account. If you can avoid it, never put your financial info into any sort of account that acts as a hub for other services - that's a high reward target for hackers. Always do your stuff as diffuse as possible, and ALWAYS use different passwords across all your accounts without fail - if one gets compromised, the rest are safe.
I don't mind ads as long as I don't have to sit through 12 minutes of ads for 3 minutes of programming. I've seen too many carriers going this route. I refuse.
Totally agree with you… as long as the ads are similar in amount and length as OTA TVs, I don’t mind.
This is why I had to drop Hulu!
@@patriciawalker9371 Same here.
Don’t listen to that guy about he is given out false information
Thanks for the video! It was really helpful!
Ads don't bother me, gives me a chance to refill my water bottle, without pausing.
Definitely no ads!
I prefer no ads but would tolerate them to get a free service.
Dont mind ads if I can save money
Haven’t used my Roku in years and threw it away. Got a notice yesterday about new terms. Luckily I never added a card to that account.
I'm all for limited ads on free streaming services (when i say limited, i mean don't want to get swarmed by 10+ ads per ad break)
If i pay for a streaming service i don't want to see ads period.
Ad free for me. By the 2nd day of the free trial of ad free TH-cam Premium I was hooked. I dislike ads so much that most of the time I 𝙢𝙪𝙩𝙚 the volume when they come on.
I ended up getting TH-cam Premium when it was still TH-cam Red and was being offered, at no additional cost, with Google Play Music (before it was changed to TH-cam Music). No way would I ever want to go back to TH-cam with ads. I remember how I had forgotten to update my card info with YT some years ago and I had started seeing ads. I got angry until I had realized my mistake. It’s just that serious with me, lol.
I hope Dish and DirectTV merge and then go strictly streaming so I can get rid of that satellite dish.
Luckily I don't have any credit card info saved on Roku.
Do that explains the Terms and Conditions changes.
Everyone, get ready to sue the crap out of Roku.
What if you don't have a credit card on roku
I prefer ad free but the price difference is too much so I have ads on all my streaming services
We keep Direct TV because of sports. We are able to see Cinti Reds, Orioles, and the MLB, and all ESPN's except Plus.
I don't have a card registered with Roku because I just watch the free stuff.
I changed my Roku password, but there doesn't seem to be a way to have 2 factor authentication for Roku accounts. Given the hack, they should probably add that feature.
I prefer to pay instead of watching ads
I agree. Young impressionable minds don’t deserve ads. We adults can filter out the spam in our heads easily enough.
The simple reason I don't use att products is having to call to make changes. Start, cancel etc.
I only like watching TH-cam for diy videos, antenna mans content, gun channels, and your channel now.
Just don’t listen to that guy cause he’s given out false information about the Wi-Fi password about the Roku accounts
Toward the end of last year I started watching TH-cam premium without the crazy ass advertisements for sure because I don't like them interrupting when I'm watching videos on TH-cam from the TH-cam channels that I subscribed to and it is a whole lot more better, so I do pay the $13.99 for the TH-cam premium category which comes up to $14.96 in total all right. Eric. Thank you
Ads or not depends on the service. Having said that, No service I currently pay money for is using the ad option.
I prefer ad free especially if I’m paying for it. I’m over 60 y/o & all my life before streaming broadcast tv had “commercials,” now streaming w/ads. If it’s totally a free service I’ll tolerate ads but my preference is ad free.
I’d rather read books instead of watching tv with ads. I pay for TH-cam Premium and don’t watch videos that contain paid promotions, which are ads by another name.
Ads for tv shows are fine, not for movies.
No ads...
I hate commercials. What I really hate is when they charge you a rate, and still shove commercials on you, and force an up-charge to limit them. (Ggrrrr....)
I even pay for TH-cam premium to avoid the add-rolls (I watch a lot of TH-cam)
If it was just me, I would only pay for the TH-cam premium, and basic cable (mainly to get internet)
However, the wife has certain programs she watches, so in addition to the above, I wind up paying for Netflix, Hulu, Disney, Apple, Peacock, Paramount, and a couple others I do not even recall. For everything (including internet), I would say our TV viewing costs about $400 per month.
I know that is a lot, but we rarely go out, other than perhaps a matinee once every 5-6 weeks, so that is pretty much the entire entertainment costs. (About $13 per day)
Just bought a Roku but I only watch "free". Can't afford more than "free"
I don't care about ads gives me time to get up and do things between my show I grew up a commercials they don't bother me and I ain't paying you more not that to get rid of the commercial they get paid for the commercials now they want you to pay them for getting rid of the commercials these people are criminal
I don't mind a few ads, but some of them are inappropriate for all ages. And a few channels run the same, exact ad at every break. That is ridiculous. Some ads on TH-cam will go on for several minutes if you don't press "skip".
*ads. Gives
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*more than that (if that's what you meant)
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*criminal.
@@alvallac2171" *more than that (if that's what you meant) "
It would read better "...me, and I ain't paying you more now to get rid of..."
Not to get into whether it is grammatically correct to use "ain't," of course.
Now, are we done with the grammar lessons for the day?
I've used adblockers for years. Haven't seen ads on TH-cam for years
They are cracking down on it, your days of skating by are numbered. They have been starting to restrict accounts, and in some cases people's accounts are being terminated
@onefineeagle Most of services that are free like youtube I don't have account. Can't terminate account I don't have.
@@RlinksThey can start blocking your IP address. Of course, that's what VPN's are for.
I do not want ads. If I cannot avoid ads, I will find something else to do. I don’t HAVE to watch tv.
I do the no add version for a lot of stuff, but I’m gonna do that ad version for Disney+ because I don’t use it that much
Ad free for me. If I'm paying for TV, I want as few comments as possible. As it is, TH-cam itself wants to replace television and is now bombarding viewers with ads. I'd be OK with that if it were 1 or 2 ads per video, but now there can be as many as 3 ad breaks during an 18-20 minute video. It's insane!
Free streaming and o.t.a. channels for me.
@@benstandard The problem with free TV is that you get what you pay for: nothing.
@@Goldstar_ It beats fiddling one's thumb if that's all they got. None of the paid stuff is worth paying for.
@@benstandard Hey, if you like just watching reruns of Judge Judy and Matlock all day long, then that's perfectly fine. You do you .
@@Goldstar_ its limited no doubt about it but there's more than just that. There's mash, gunsmoke, star trek and lots of others. It's not like the new stuff coming out (whether it's o.t.a. or solely on cable or a paid streaming service) is worth watching .... much less paying for.
10:10 I prefer ad-free all day everyday. I have a hard time getting into a movie or tv show if there are ads, so I'll pay the extra cost whenever (within reason of course).
We had a discussion with a few people when cutting the cord whether to set up streaming services payment through our Rokus, or to set up payment directly. We chose the latter, so we have no form of payment saved on our Roku account. This story just reinforces that decision. Many times, convenience increases risk.
Ahh that’s why there have been so many Roku accounts for sale lately!
Thank you for helping me make sense of it.
Answer Of The Day: Personally I *ALWAYS* want an ad-free option, and I will generally take it.
Indeed, I am disinclined to use a service that DOESN'T have an ad-free option -- the content has to be very compelling, and often I'm canceling the service soon after I'm done watching that particular content.
That said, I generally don't mind if an ad-free service wants to run a single promo for their own content before I start watching a program -- but if I'm watching multiple episodes of a program, the very last thing I want to see is a promo for something else, and I may not check out whatever you're pimping that way out of spite.
Indeed, I think streaming services and advertisers generally may be underestimating the power of spite.
I feel the same way about political candidates. The ones who flood my mailbox with junk mail don't get my vote.
@@crodrules That's a terrible approach to your civic duty.
@@AtomicBuffaloI feel the same way about yard signs. I feel that if the candidate already has that many supporters, they don't need my vote. I'll use my vote to help support the underdog instead.
I like the content but Luke could do with a teleprompter.
Ads are not a problem for free content… as long as they are not overwhelming…. For paid content, ads should be very limited, if at all.
If there's an ad-free option, that's the one I go with. Even better, if there's an annual option to boot.
I'm going to start referring roku as a "f**k you box" I hate ads, probably why I like watching DVDs.
The TH-cam tv max glitch doesn’t sound like an accidental glitch. Maybe a hey come here check out max kinda glitch instead
Had UVerse with my ATT and just a few weeks ago, finally cut it out (saving me over $50/month). Should have done this a year ago when the show I was watching had it's last season (and episode) a year ago January. Get all my video entertainment online now; have no need for cable. :)
Now we see why Roku change their T.O.S and you can not bypass it
Now we know why the new terms of service 😂
What manufacturers make best ROKU
Time to sue roku
Nope my next tv wont be a roku tv, I'll use antenna with digital tuner and I'll use my dvd player to play dvds some bought and pirated to avoid this.
i only used the free channels , never used a Credit cards on it in the first place
I rarely pay any attention to any of the commercials and ads. If the channel or service starts showing too many commercials, I stop watching that channel.
Definitely ad-free for our house.
This is another reason I use paypal for everything I can .
I used to use the same password so I could easily remember. I still do something I can easily remember they are just not the same. Someone can try to hack me. They won't get much out of broke accounts.
Dish costs too much and weather messing up the dish is a problem. Most stuff is on the streaming side now.
I prefer ad free and I prefer not to pay for it so I am stuck with the ads.
ads are ok limited or short ones
I have no CC on roku as I never watch anything that is not free.
Ad free, ad free, AD FREE PERIOD full stop (drop mic) BOOM...LOL
Why on God's green earth would pay for something, then have the thing I'm paying for, do a side hustle to make more money off of me, it's called double dipping or being greedy! Charge what it costs w/o ads if I want it. I'll pay for it. If not, no bueno
Folks, do not reuse your passwords.
The new Arbitration tos by roku is no longer a go to for me
This is why you use fake accounts for everything.
Ads vs no-ads: depends on what I am watching. If I am watching a horror or suspense movie, having ad breaks ruins the experience as it breaks the buildup of suspense. Other genres, I am fine with having commercials if that is the "cost" of watching them for free.
Ad free!
I don’t mind ads
Ad free all the way.
What is interesting is that I was locked out of my TV unless I agreed to arbitration. I received an email explaining new rules of arbitration. Obviously Roku is more concerned about covering their backsides than alerting their customers that they're credit card information was stolen.
Wouldn't you be too in today's litigation culture? Otherwise small town trigger happy lawyers would be lining up.
@@interstat2222 I would be if I was an incompetent, corrupt business. They don't even have two factor authentication, which would have helped in a big way. They won't even notify the accounts that were hacked. So if you don't want lawyers lined up you should do the work, to keep your customers information safe or step aside.
I will go without before I will watch ads. Count me in the hell no category. And frankly I don’t believe a majority of people are genuinely ok with being brainwashed every few minutes.
Ads. Fine for free services, like OTA, Pluto and the like. I refuse to willingly pay for ads. If the ad-free is too expensive, which it always is, they do not get my business. I can live without 99% of the streaming services since I prefer broadcast television over on-demand. Now, I am single, so my preferences are my own. Totally understandable when there are other people in the house using the service.
I'm 58 yrs. old so I grew up with commercials. they dont bother me.
I grew up with them too, but the number of them has gone way up the past ten years. The variety has also gone way down. I can't sit through a 30 minute show with 10 minutes of insurance ads.
I'm 52, and I very much mind commercials. Just because I had to watch them as a kid doesn't mean I want to stomach them as an adult. I also don't want to buy a 100 lb TV even though we had that heavy azz floor model with no remote when I was a kid.
Technology can sometimes suck, but I don't want to go back to a world without it.
Adds ar fine for me.
*Ads (short for "ADvertisement," not "ADDition")
*are
Add Free!
*Ad (short for "ADvertisement," not "ADDition")
I'm okay with Some ads. Some of my family members do not like ads at all. We will re-evaluate our streaming services in May. I have to accommodate everyone in our family.
Don’t listen to that guy he’s giving out false information about the Wi-Fi password
I'm used to the ads I don't mind.
*ads. I (to fix your run-on sentence)
Also, the word "I" should always be capitalized.
@@alvallac2171 There corrected happy?
I prefer add free and pay for it now!
*Ad (short for "ADvertisement," not "ADDition")
My experience with Hulu was there were more ads than content! Then the price increase verses my watching the service meant I drop Hulu! Netflix went when they cracked down on my being able to share (yes, I know I wasn't supposed to share) with my niece's family to help her out! I didn't watch enough of the content to justify paying! Netflix also had to big a gap in teen ti adult shows! I'll never be that mature!
I'm fine with ads it doesn't matter to me
Ad free, always and forever
they knew about that data breach.... thats why they changed their terms of service.....
If I directly pay for a service I prefer the ad free version. Two out of the three streaming services I receive through my cell phone plan now include ads; it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Something to consider for the future.
Like the choice of ad and ad-free versions of streaming apps. I pay for ad free because I can afford it; where as my kids have a mix because they have the costs of raising young children.
Constant broken sentences and speaking ability prevents me from focusing on what's being discussed. Not trying to be rude but cannot subscribe because it's an annoyance for me similar to the whole nails on the chalkboard dilemma.
Funny cause my Roku account was hacked with my Gmail account I just found out yesterday.
Not happy
I almost just bought a roku last week. Whew
You misunderstood what happened. Technically, Roku wasn’t hacked. What happened is that idiots who used the same username and password on different sites (going against common sense security practices) got hacked at some other site and then those stolen credentials from the hacked site were used in “credential stuffing” attacks to break into their Roku accounts (and likely accounts at other sites). There isn’t much that Roku can do about that when people do dumb things.
The free ones have mostly older stuff no? And ads aren't that big a deal, you don't have to stare at the ads.....🤣
Where can I stream fox and friends?
Good thing I use an Nvidia Shield and Apple 4K box instead.
Don't want ad free. Want "Woke" free!