I’m pretty sure it was never free and without ads. There were much fewer and even sometimes would have really quick “thanks for watching now get back to the show” ads but ad free has always been paid
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 hours ago
I remember a time when Hulu was free and without ads. Then it was not free with ads.
Draces@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 hours ago
It was only ad free for like a year, if that. I originally thought it was a piracy site when I first found it.
Draces@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Pretty confident you’re wearing rose tinted glasses. They had very few ads in the beginning. you could get through multiple episodes without getting them but they definitely existed. Maybe you had an ad blocker? I literally can’t find any evidence it was ever both and I was using it within the first few months of it’s public release
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
isn’t Hulu shutting down
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
God damn it. I knew Disney getting into the streaming biz was going to suck balls. I was already pissed off when they pulled their content to form their own service.
Well, guess I’ll be watching more anime. Only got Crunchyroll left. And I’m not sure how long that’s gonna last either. They are making stupid choices as well.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 hours ago
Oh so it is. I hadnt heard this news until just now looking up what you’re talking about.
points at Hulu Ha ha!
natecox@programming.dev 13 hours ago
I am so angry about this. I generally like Hulu, I hate Disney+.
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
I’d have liked Hulu a lot more if it weren’t geo-restricted to the US.
Jayayess1190@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It isn’t shutting down, it is just being folded into Disney+. You can still get a standalone Hulu subscription but as of sometimenext year will only be accessible through the the Disney+ app.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 38 minutes ago
So back to cable packages. Fucking dumb