TCTTS said:

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Marsh said:

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Also, I have an extremely hard time finding any desire to watch shows with commercials.

The only reason I watch fallout is because I played 3, 4 and new Vegas and loved the games. Otherwise, I wouldn't be watching, specifically because of commercials.

I think a lot of people feel similarly. We are already paying for the damn service, stop trying to further nickel and dime me, *******s.

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You're not willing to pay $2.99/month for the two-month duration of the show to not watch commercials? Also, every major streamer does this now, and Amazon's up-charge is by far the cheapest (especially considering all the other benefits you get with a standard Prime membership). The streamers finally realized that TV doesn't work without ad revenue. It literally can't exist on subscriptions alone. Not only that, but they make more money off their ad-tier subscribers than they do their premium subscribers. So in some instances they're actively trying to price out premium subscribers, hoping the cost is simply too much, they'll relent, and just drop to the ad tier.

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I don't want to derail this thread with non fallout talk so I'll be quick. Suffice to say, it is not about money, just principle. Advertisements/commercials annoy me. I will deal with them for aggie sports and an occasional show (the only two I can think of are wheel of time and fallout). Otherwise, I'm pretty uninterested in the whole commercial + TV business model. I'm not trying to "take a stand" with my money or anything silly like that; I just don't want to watch commercials and so I'm not going to.

I use firefox + uBlock so I don't get ads while browsing the internet. I have an android so I can block ads on my phone. I use vpns to watch content on Netflix and Disney+ (significantly more/different content depending on country and no ads).

Loved that line too

Probably need to go ahead and start separate threads.

The commercial debate is cracking me up bc I had a similar experience with my son. I told him to watch Andor bc it was the best thing out there. Next time I see him, he said he couldn't do it bc of all the commercials.

I did not say anything to him bc I knew it would be a waste of time. But I thought to myself, is that not the perfect time to check all the crap on your phone I see you typically doing when watching TV?

My self, commercials don't bother me bc that's what I do, take care of things around the house, grab a snack or drink and get back when they are over.

I love their detail to keeping everything visually accurate.
The tops, lucky 38, Gomorrah, silver rush, atomic wrangler. It's all like it is in the game. So great to see it in real life and done so well.

I really have to say the set design and costuming in this show is just perfect. I feel like I am watching a cutscene from the game instead of an amazon show, so very well done.

And the adherence, dedication, and faithfulness to the IP is just incredible. Im glad that even people that haven't played any of the games are enjoying it. It's a treat. And I'm not really a fanboy of anything else.

I'm older now, of course, but I played FallOut 3 shortly after I graduated. I played it a lot since I graduated a few weeks before Lehman Brothers went under and the Great Recession occurred and it took me a few months to find a job. After that, I was absolutely hooked.