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Which video service has the fewest or shortest ad breaks? (reddit.invak.id)

submitted 8 months ago by Zepfanman@beehaw.org to c/entertainment@beehaw.org

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Thought this might be a helpful discussion for those who want to cut down on advertising breaks when they have multiple options to watch a show or movie. Below are my results for Tubi, followed by a summary of this subject's URL, which someone tested in 2021.

My results today (3/19/24) for The Mental State (2022) https://tubitv.com/movies/100016371/the-mental-state Film length: 104 minutes. By my stopwatch, ads totaled 11m44s (approx 90s/ea), about 12 minutes between each ad break. So I spent about 10% of the time watching ads. Compare to about 6% on the 2021 survey below.

Anyone else want to watch The Mental State or something else on one of the services below and report their results?

Copying this from someone in 2021 who did a survey on a 44-minute tv episode:

Tubi - 2:51
Peacock - 4:12
IMDB - 5:41
Plex - 6:40
VUDU - 7:08
Crackle - 8:07
Roku - 8:28 (test performed by KyloRenegade16)
Pluto - 12:27
The CW - 12:34

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[–] Nyfure@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I like the streaming approach, but i dislike that its linked to stremio.
I want to have the option to use my server (at least for syncing) with my own auth and transcode when needed on the server.
Basically jellyfin with streaming sources and search built-in.

And most debrid services dont seed (well) and have poor retention, so thats also not that great.