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Not true. HULU still shows ads, even with "No Ads" version. From their website: Hulu (No Ads) Get First Month Free then $11.99/month A few excluded shows pl

Not true. HULU still shows ads, even with "No Ads" version. From their website: Hulu (No Ads) Get First Month Free then $11.99/month A few excluded shows play with ads. [from here https://signup.hulu.com/plans https://signup.hulu.com/plans] That last line kills me. It's like H2G2, you can't have Tea and No Tea unless you remove your common sense particle.

quadrifoliate 6y ago
How is this not a false advertising lawsuit in the making? I mean, maybe the effect will be to make it "Hulu Silver", but that's better than blatantly claiming "No Ads" on an ad-containing product. edit: Incredibly, there seem to be multiple reasons why you can see ads when on the "No Ads" plan; and they have an entire page dedicated to these reasons: https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials?language=en_US https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials?language=...
- scarface74 6y ago
  There is Hulu with no ads where there are three shows with ads. Then there is Hulu Live TV which is like traditional cable. That gives you shows live and on demand that would usually come with a cable package. This is in addition to the regular Hulu offering.
- rhino369 6y ago
  >How is this not a false advertising lawsuit in the making? Because it says "A few excluded shows play with ads." And its three shows out many hundreds.
dlbucci 6y ago
I mean, you're not wrong, but it's only for three shows, and there are no ads during the shows, only before and after. It was 7 when it first launched, so it doesn't seem like any other shows or new content will ever have ads. But hey, if you watch Agents of Shield, Grey's Anatomy, or How to Get Away with Murder, that surely does suck.
- 0xff00ffee 6y ago
  Huh. Thanks for figuring out what shows have ads! Yeah, I guess that isn't as bad as it seems if there are just a few. I didn't bother to look up what "excluded" meant.
  - dlbucci 6y ago
    I mean, it said that in the "Learn More..." Link, so I was just going by that :)
cure 6y ago
This is why Hulu is a nonstarter for me. If I'm paying, no ads, period.
- scarface74 6y ago
  You won’t use Hulu because three shows have ads - Greys Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder and Agents of Shield?
  - cure 6y ago
    No, actually: because they started out as ad-only, then added paid subscriptions while still forcing their subscribers to watch ads, and that is when I decided it was not for me. Maybe they've been evolving in a more positive direction if there are only a few shows left with ads?
    - rhino369 6y ago
      They've had an ad free* version for years. Six dollars extra and you don't get ads. *Three shows still have ads since they signed a deal before they released an ad free tier, and the only alternative would removing those three shows from the ad free tier, which is lose-lose.
BurningFrog 6y ago
Pretty sure those are the shows they were legally obliged to show with ads when they launched the no-ads feature.

quadrifoliate 6y ago

How is this not a false advertising lawsuit in the making? I mean, maybe the effect will be to make it "Hulu Silver", but that's better than blatantly claiming "No Ads" on an ad-containing product. edit: Incredibly, there seem to be multiple reasons why you can see ads when on the "No Ads" plan; and they have an entire page dedicated to these reasons: https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials?language=en_US https://help.hulu.com/s/article/ads-no-commercials?language=...

scarface74 6y ago
There is Hulu with no ads where there are three shows with ads. Then there is Hulu Live TV which is like traditional cable. That gives you shows live and on demand that would usually come with a cable package. This is in addition to the regular Hulu offering.
rhino369 6y ago
>How is this not a false advertising lawsuit in the making? Because it says "A few excluded shows play with ads." And its three shows out many hundreds.

dlbucci 6y ago

I mean, you're not wrong, but it's only for three shows, and there are no ads during the shows, only before and after. It was 7 when it first launched, so it doesn't seem like any other shows or new content will ever have ads. But hey, if you watch Agents of Shield, Grey's Anatomy, or How to Get Away with Murder, that surely does suck.

0xff00ffee 6y ago
Huh. Thanks for figuring out what shows have ads! Yeah, I guess that isn't as bad as it seems if there are just a few. I didn't bother to look up what "excluded" meant.
- dlbucci 6y ago
  I mean, it said that in the "Learn More..." Link, so I was just going by that :)

cure 6y ago

This is why Hulu is a nonstarter for me. If I'm paying, no ads, period.

scarface74 6y ago
You won’t use Hulu because three shows have ads - Greys Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder and Agents of Shield?
- cure 6y ago
  No, actually: because they started out as ad-only, then added paid subscriptions while still forcing their subscribers to watch ads, and that is when I decided it was not for me. Maybe they've been evolving in a more positive direction if there are only a few shows left with ads?
  - rhino369 6y ago
    They've had an ad free* version for years. Six dollars extra and you don't get ads. *Three shows still have ads since they signed a deal before they released an ad free tier, and the only alternative would removing those three shows from the ad free tier, which is lose-lose.

BurningFrog 6y ago

Pretty sure those are the shows they were legally obliged to show with ads when they launched the no-ads feature.