Issue a chargeback.
This kind of shenanigans are the exact benefit of credit cards. You’re no longer getting what the merchant sold you. You didn’t agree to this.
They will in all likelihood ban your credit card and terminate your account, but this harms them a fuck ton more than just cancelling.
Issue a chargeback.
The commercials are free dude
I seem to remember a lot of arguments when Netflix first introduced a cheaper-with-ads subscription that “not everyone can afford ad-free subscriptions” and that somehow it would make things better.
Ignoring the fact that the play was obviously to get the ad-subscription up to the current cost of ad-free subscription.
And now I think it’s Disney introducing ads to all subscriptions.
So, no doubt Netflix will do that soon in order to “innovate” the line-go-up.Never stopped pirating gang, pop out.
I might be back to pirating soon if it gets bad enough that I can get my wife on board.
People are willing to pay for a good service. If paying becomes a worse experience than getting whatever you want for free, there’s no helping them.
how do u do it safely
this is why i use ad blockers regardless. if they block the internet for me then it was never worth anything in the first place. basically like social media gas lighting and banning users for speaking political truth because it threatens their stock.
I’m so glad this hasn’t been an issue in my life for the last 20ish years.
When I stay in a hotel now I get legitimately offended by commercials. I actually find them offensive.
Same, I stop watching anything with a commercial outside of Golf. Which is background viewing anyway, simultaneously inundated with commercials, the irony isnt lost here, but I like golf and it’s the only time I can handle it.
Ive also started reading novels again, just mentally preparing for the inevitable break away from all streaming/reinvented cable bundling bullshit. Video games aren’t far behind either which is my true last bastion
The line must go up.
So stop paying them. It really is that easy.
Likewise when you download a free app whose ad explicitly says, “No ads!” and it does, in fact, have ads.
i’ve never paid for an app.
not sure why anyone does.
Because sometimes someone delivers a good service that you appreciate and want to support so that they can keep offering that service and keep improving upon it.
I pay for apps to support the developer, so the app continues to be developed
Especially if I get to disable any advertising and tracking as part of that
