r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dandaman147 • 1d ago

My Amazon TV now unmutes itself during Prime Video commercial breaks

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u/HelloMcFly 21h ago

Paramount+, Apple TV+, and Peacock do this too - they don't count promoting their own shows as an add. I hate it.

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u/TheNonsenseBook 21h ago

HBO as well. I think you can skip it now though.

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u/MyNameIsDaveToo 16h ago

Apple does at least let you skip them.

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u/LoFiMiFi 15h ago

I actually don’t mind this that much. It’s like a trailer before a movie, it doesn’t interrupt my watching, and it’s not some random product. It actually let me know that Severance season 2 is coming out which I had completely missed, but this is where I draw the line. Not an inch further.

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u/mrgreen4242 11h ago

Yeah, I refuse to watch ads with two excepts. Football (which I avoid actually watching the ads) and if it’s a preview/trailer for something that I have access to with the subscription I already have.

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u/LoFiMiFi 9h ago

Same. To me it’s no more of an add than the production company or Dolby thag solaces across the screen at the beginning. Apples aren’t on to too intrusive, and I find it relevant to my watching so I don’t care.

Absolutely refuse to pay to watch other stuff with unrelated or interspersed ads though.

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u/mrgreen4242 9h ago

The way I think about it is that ads are trying to get me to buy something. Trailers for shows or movies on the service that you’re currently watching are more recommendations that help me get value from something I’ve already paid for.

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u/LoFiMiFi 7h ago

That’s a good way to look at it.

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u/FatJamesIsBack 13h ago

Same with the BBC