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Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast”

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As Amazon becomes the latest platform to push an ad-supported tier, TV writers greet this retro model with frustration and, in some cases, disdain: “I thought 'Nine Perfect Strangers' with commercials was horrible,” says David E. Kelley of his Hulu show with breaks.

Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast”
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  • And it's a heave-ho-hi-ho, comin' down the Bay

    Stealin' films and movies and all the other games

    And it's a ho-hey-hi-hey, corpos bar your doors

    When you see the Jolly Roger on Francisco's mighty shores!

    Well, you'd think the local corpos would know that I'm at large

    But just the other day I found an unprotected RAR

    I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser

    I copied their film and shared it, and screwed the advertisers

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