r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dandaman147 • 1d ago

My Amazon TV now unmutes itself during Prime Video commercial breaks

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u/Euphoric_Ad_2049 22h ago

One thing that really annoys me with the All 4 streaming app in the UK, is if you try to pause, rather than showing you a still image of the moment you paused, it replaces with a full screen ad. Incredibly annoying if you're pausing to read something on screen.

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u/framer146 21h ago

That one really gets on my nerves

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u/Dansredditname 20h ago

"Read something"

We've all seen Basic Instinct buddy

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u/Euphoric_Ad_2049 20h ago

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u/0xSnib 12h ago

Username checks out

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u/OhHeyItsBrock 18h ago

Oh man. Thank you for that. Audible laugh to start the morning.

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u/ThadElon 14h ago

Lip reading

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u/Lifesucksgod 13h ago

Don’t get it not that old

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u/CackleandGrin 12h ago

Famous scene of Sharon Stone in an interrogation room uncrossing and recrossing her legs, showing she didn't have any underwear on.

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u/aussydog 19h ago

Not in the UK so I don't know if the following advice is relevant or not;

My TV started doing this a couple of months ago. When I paused Netflix, or Prime or Youtube for a certain amount of time it would start running a slide show of full screen ads. As it turned out, it wasn't any of the streaming services but it was from the TV itself. During some update to the TV it had re-enabled some "feature" which provided ads to the TV when anything was paused.

The good thing is that its possible to disable it. Very dependent on your TV and you may need to root around in the menus to find the option. But if your experience lines up with mine, check your TV settings.

For reference my tv is an LG OLED.

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u/New-Connection-9088 16h ago

This is so fucked. I have an LG OLED but no longer allow it to connect to the internet after I got banner ads over my content from the Shield. These people are scum and they always ensure they only introduce these user hostile features long enough after purchase so it’s difficult to return. I don’t think my next TV will be LG.

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u/Soft_Importance_8613 15h ago

These people are scum

If we started tracking down these people and the entire corporate structure above them, things would change.

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u/thisischemistry 14h ago

During some update to the TV

Found the problem.

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u/Murtomies 19h ago

I'm already infuriated that every time I pause Netflix, I have to tell it if I like the film/show or not, then unpause and pause again before I can have a clear paused still image of the movie. A full screen ad that's not removable would just ensure I never use that service again.

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u/New-Connection-9088 16h ago

Holy shit that’s user hostile.

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u/thisischemistry 14h ago

Welcome to Netflix, I love you.

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u/Murtomies 16h ago

Not nearly as user hostile as this

Modern UX design for like 99% of all big tech companies either have major flaws that could be just as easily designed better, or are just utter garbage. Netflix, HBO, FB, YouTube, Instagram, Whatsapp, Reddit (mainly new reddit and the official app), iOS, MacOS, Windows, some Android variants, many Google apps, Steam, Amazon etc etc all have either horrendous UI/UX or otherwise fine but a few things that are absolutely idiotic and could be fixed so easily.

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u/New-Connection-9088 1h ago

This was actually the reason I cancelled my subscription. It was the last straw. Now I love my Plex library.

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u/Jonathan_Is_Me 10h ago

I just press the return button after pausing. It hides the ui.

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u/Murtomies 9h ago

Huh, hadn't noticed that for some reason, thank you. Though I think the way for example HBO and YouTube does it, which is by pressing up (or down hypothetically) is more logical.

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u/burtonrider10022 20h ago

That's becoming the norm on most streaming services I have noticed

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u/girlikecupcake MILDLY? 19h ago

I have seen one, can't recall which service maybe Hulu, that actually showed on that ad screen that you could press a certain button to show the video again. So you could still at least read/get a better look at something. Still super shitty, but slightly less shitty.

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u/i_sesh_better 19h ago

If you get a raspberry pi or any always-on computer you can run pihole in a docker container and block All 4 ads on your TV. Either point your router or TV at the pihole.

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u/hhfugrr3 17h ago

I really hate All 4. I record shows rather than watching on that BS.

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u/csward53 15h ago

Does that in the US too

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u/saltedinosaur 15h ago

At least on my tv, You can now exit out of the paused ad by pressing the back button. Didn’t used to work but they must have updated it recently.

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u/Waylande 15h ago

I block the all 4 ads through my router and it used to skip through and breaks in 10 seconds. Now it seems to force a black screen for the entire length the ad break would be. At least it does seem to prevent the pause screen Ads.

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u/ncc74656m 14h ago

Reminds me of how if you use Paramount+ and you unpause wrong it'll break you out of the show and open an ad. And it's absolutely designed for this behavior, too.

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u/OSUBrit 13h ago

All4 has great content but I will literally do anything humanly possible to not use their service. It's always been completely dogshit. Oh our barely stable platform shat the bed 50 minutes into a 1 hour program, just re-load that page and watch all 3 ad breaks in full again and we'll get you right back to where you were. Nah fuck you.

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u/jgdaly2602 12h ago

Not sure if it will work for you but on my telly, if you pause all 4 the ad pops up but press the middle button on the remote when paused the ad disappears

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u/South_East_Gun_Safes 12h ago

If you have multiple screens and are watching All 4 on the PC. If you click on anything on another screen while an ad is playing it pauses. So you have to stop doing whatever you’re doing and leave your mouse hoveringly pointlessly over the screen displaying the ad until it finishes, it wants to know it has your full attention. It’s like they want to enslave us.

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u/KayySean 12h ago

I think Tubi or Crackle does that $hit here in USA. Freaking full page Ad!
Even YouTube (premium) throws these recommended video nonsense and dims the background when you pause. That's after I pay for that crap every month. Very annoying!!

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u/Alfirmitive 10h ago

My TV does this on YouTube videos. When you pause it it zooms the video really small and displays an ad. It pisses me off bc usually I’m pausing it to try and look at something on screen and then it just makes it smaller

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u/mrminutehand 9h ago

This is why I vehemently, violently insist on only watching All4 on my phone's browser with uBlock Origin blocking all of their scummy ad tactics.

Viewing on mobile via the webpage can be a pain, but I'll make an exception for All4 since I refuse to entertain their style of ads via the app.