I don't go to the cinema often but there is always 15-25 mins of adverts from the posted start time for the film and usually the film includes product placements. You take your kids to the cinema, pay for the tickets, buy the ludicrously priced popcorn .. I've actually no problem with this provided they post a start time for the movie so I can come after the ads.
The point for the TV shows is that you can't pay to watch them without ads.
Ads that tell you about a product, fair enough; every other advert is just an attempt to trick you in to buying something.
>Just because you don't want to see those adverts doesn't mean it's "right" to go pirate the content. //
It doesn't mean it's wrong either. There are good arguments for why it's wrong, but that doesn't really feature; if we start from a point of agreeing that most advertising is psychological manipulation that has no place in a well-formed society, then we add that engagement with popular culture is a [low grade] human need ...
The point for the TV shows is that you can't pay to watch them without ads.
Ads that tell you about a product, fair enough; every other advert is just an attempt to trick you in to buying something.
>Just because you don't want to see those adverts doesn't mean it's "right" to go pirate the content. //
It doesn't mean it's wrong either. There are good arguments for why it's wrong, but that doesn't really feature; if we start from a point of agreeing that most advertising is psychological manipulation that has no place in a well-formed society, then we add that engagement with popular culture is a [low grade] human need ...