<story><title>Streaming video has surpassed cable subscriptions worldwide</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/21/18275670/mpaa-report-streaming-video-cable-subscription-worldwide</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tachyonbeam</author><text>YouTube has definitely become more and more ad-ridden since its inceptions, and the ads are definitely personalized (though badly). There are now videos with multiple ad interruptions, a bit like ye olde TV. I do think one difference here is that on YouTube, if a video is full of ads, I won&amp;#x27;t keep watching long unless the content is solid and interesting. I, as a watcher, have a choice as to what I watch. Though of course, YouTube could fix that by imposing the same amount of ads on all videos.</text></item><item><author>bamboozled</author><text>The only thing is, once the streaming market has dominated, there is nothing stopping it to also turning into crap full of advertisements.&lt;p&gt;I remember when cable was cheap and as-free.&lt;p&gt;The transition looks good because it has too (to lure customers away from cable). My bet is that it’s only a matter of time till “personilized ads” are forced upon you.</text></item><item><author>mgleason_3</author><text>Cable is a stinking pile of sog stuff.  90% of the channels are garbage and the picture quality sucks.  I recently put an old-fashioned $40 antenna in my attic.  It pulls in 156 channels (I’m in OC, CA about 40mi from Mt Wilson and 80mi from San Diego).&lt;p&gt;Compared with the 148 channels Spectrum provided (about 1&amp;#x2F;2 where duplicates) the quality is better on the few I watch intermittently (PBS, ABC, CBS...)&lt;p&gt;The crazy thing is my bill dropped from over $200 to $70 (for just internet).&lt;p&gt;Yea, I’m and idiot for not doing it sooner.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>assblaster</author><text>I use YouTube Red, no ads, ever. And you get access to the entire Google music library.&lt;p&gt;Can&amp;#x27;t beat it for $7.99&amp;#x2F;month.</text></comment>
<story><title>Streaming video has surpassed cable subscriptions worldwide</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/21/18275670/mpaa-report-streaming-video-cable-subscription-worldwide</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tachyonbeam</author><text>YouTube has definitely become more and more ad-ridden since its inceptions, and the ads are definitely personalized (though badly). There are now videos with multiple ad interruptions, a bit like ye olde TV. I do think one difference here is that on YouTube, if a video is full of ads, I won&amp;#x27;t keep watching long unless the content is solid and interesting. I, as a watcher, have a choice as to what I watch. Though of course, YouTube could fix that by imposing the same amount of ads on all videos.</text></item><item><author>bamboozled</author><text>The only thing is, once the streaming market has dominated, there is nothing stopping it to also turning into crap full of advertisements.&lt;p&gt;I remember when cable was cheap and as-free.&lt;p&gt;The transition looks good because it has too (to lure customers away from cable). My bet is that it’s only a matter of time till “personilized ads” are forced upon you.</text></item><item><author>mgleason_3</author><text>Cable is a stinking pile of sog stuff.  90% of the channels are garbage and the picture quality sucks.  I recently put an old-fashioned $40 antenna in my attic.  It pulls in 156 channels (I’m in OC, CA about 40mi from Mt Wilson and 80mi from San Diego).&lt;p&gt;Compared with the 148 channels Spectrum provided (about 1&amp;#x2F;2 where duplicates) the quality is better on the few I watch intermittently (PBS, ABC, CBS...)&lt;p&gt;The crazy thing is my bill dropped from over $200 to $70 (for just internet).&lt;p&gt;Yea, I’m and idiot for not doing it sooner.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zwkrt</author><text>Just today I swear I was served an ad that didn&amp;#x27;t have a yellow bar, so we can all look forward to that hell. At least cable is produced to have ad breaks that make sense, as opposed to cutting sentences in half.</text></comment>