To play devils advocate, without ads and DRM stuff, how are artists supposed to make money?
Another point is that you can’t expect to get that caliber of TV for that price without ads.
If you don’t want ads, don’t buy the TV. Not that TV anyway. Just like no one is entitled to getting paid for their art, no one is entitled to entertainment.
Hmmm? For digital content, I pay a fee each month of which a certain amount is supposed to go towards the artists.
Netflix Canada $14.99/month
Disney Plus $11.99/month
Amazon Prime $7.99/month
Spotify $9.99/month
For cable TV content which I don't have, The channels run ads. Which makes the channel owner money who then is supposed to pay the artists.
If the artists aren't getting anything from that, that's a problem between them and their distributor. A problem that isn't going to magically get fixed by a TV OS running ads, of which the artist very likely never sees a cent of either.
Lets say Netflix was free, and they ran ads in their content. Would I have a problem with that? No, they are providing free content and I would not mind watching ads.
Or how about cable TV? People are already paying for Channels and getting blasted with Ads every 15 min or so, why should the TV OS "layer" Ads on top of Ads?
I own a LG TV... it's not allow to access my network because of Ad "Layers" and I run everything through an Apple TV. At least that way, I see no Ads on paid content, and just 1 layer of ads on free content.
I’m sort of saying two things, that’s what I get for playing devils advocate.
That’s how they’re getting away with it, by not interrupting content. I don’t think the masses are bothered by ads unless it interrupts their subscription content. If you put an ad on their App Store, it’s going to feel like another ad they just ignore.
For people who aren’t running an ad blocker, the ads become invisible unless they matter to them. It’s a weird trick but everyone can do it. That’s why people aren’t so bothered by the ad tech intrusions, they’re not even paying attention.
If that ever interrupts paid content, people will complain. But if you put it on the App Store, a little banner ad, it’s gonna be ignored, like it’s happening now.
Artists are not entitled to make a living, and certainly not at the cost of ever encroaching adtech.
"Just don't buy the tv" would be a valid objection if the fact that advertising was included in the set was made abundantly clear at the point of sale, and if there were adfree alternatives readily available. Neither seems to be the case.
You sound like you are confusing YouTube content creators that earn from ad rev share, vs studio content creators that get paid by a studio. The networks make money from their ad sales that they then use to pay the producers.
> Another point is that you can’t expect to get that caliber of TV for that price without ads.
Just want to understand the argument. Not using any smart tv at the moment, maybe in the future, we'll see.
So we should expect ads on expensive TVs now? USD 1500 is very expensive for me at least. I was expecting something good but cheaper to be subsidized by ads, not the really expensive ones.
Another point is that you can’t expect to get that caliber of TV for that price without ads.
If you don’t want ads, don’t buy the TV. Not that TV anyway. Just like no one is entitled to getting paid for their art, no one is entitled to entertainment.