• tartan@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Ads “destroyed” TV. Streaming only became popular because it meant no fucking ads. Now ads are destroying streaming. Circle of capitalist life, I suppose.

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    2 months ago

    After Adam Conover said, “…mastodon is the linux of social media, no one will use it…”, I stopped listening to his opinion.

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      He is on Mastodon @adamconover@mastodon.social though.

      And I do agree with the first part of the statement…but I think a good chunk of us here use Linux so the latter part falls flat.

      Perhaps we’ll see it similar moreso to Unix. Where activity pub is Unix and is used around the world. But Linux is still used by a small portion of the population.

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        2 months ago

        He is on Mastodon @adamconover@mastodon.social though.

        He’s also apparently someone who streams video on YouTube!

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    2 months ago

    Streaming is the best thing that happened to TV.

    The fragmentation and exclusivity bullshit sucks, but streaming, on demand, in any length of time I want to spend in a sitting, without ads? I barely watched TV before streaming, because it wasn’t worth the downsides.

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    2 months ago

    When I moved out my first decision was to not get cable anymore. Streaming wasn’t even a factor in that decision as Netflix was only just starting here. I just didn’t care about all the drivel broken up by increasingly long commercial blocks. Lack of quality killed TV for me, not streaming.

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    2 months ago

    Yar Har Fiddle Dee Dee! Being a Pirate is alright with me! Do what you want cuz a Pirate is Free! You are a Pirate!

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    2 months ago

    We would be far better off without TV. Sadly, TV is still alive and busy brainwashing millions as we speak.

  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    2 months ago

    I think there’s way too many salty nerds here that either didn’t see the video or didn’t even get the point Adam was making.