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[–] 49 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I’d say “sounds like a lawsuit”. After all, you can’t advertise something as no ads, and then show ads.

But then I remember who is in charge for the next four years and realize they’ll just get away with it.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    They get away with it with that damned asterisk. So long as you put an asterisk, you could say this comment does not contain English words*

    * comment may contain some or all English and / or any other language words

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    They've literally been doing this for over a decade, at least. There were always some shows on Hulu that the "ad-free" plan didn't include as ad-free, though they usually only showed ads at the beginning and the end of the show.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Another one that shouldn’t be allowed but is are the unlimited* plans where the * indicates that it’s not really unlimited.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Look being real they would get away with it no matter which decrepit old man was in office or what their politics are. America is a corporatocracy wearing the skin of democracy. When the IRS audited Microsoft for tax evasion, the IRS got sued and defunded through lobbying to the point of being forced to back off. Fucking Microsoft took down the IRS. The world has changed and our old institutions of power are waning.

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