I'm assuming Netflix and others are looking into an ad-supported model. I would be all in for that, for their original content alone. I really don't mind the ads so much.
Netflix is woke.....I wouldn’t subscribe even if it was free.
Netflix is already in the “free with ads” business with FreeVee.
Tubi is free. They have a faith section.
Search for Tetelestai. Five stars! In my opinion.
Ad-supported seems to be the most popular.
Those are okay, except that some run up to 8 short ad that do run several minutes in frequent clusters. Some run as few as one or two per ad break.
Peacock runs a few ads at the beginning of a movie, and then have no more ads until the end of the movie.
I heard one exec of Hulu several years ago say they intended to eventually increase the advertising amount to the level ads are on broadcast/network/cable/satellite now.
I don’t have Netflix or Hulu but, not going to lie, the streaming services with forced ads (“1 of 8”, etc) drive me up a wall. I enjoyed things much better when I had cable service and could just DVR everything and fast forward thru the commercials. Of course the tradeoff is I pay much less than previously with cable.
I hope Netflix stays as is. It has the best interface IMO and I have no desire to sit through commercials although I will do it to watch certain content.
I much prefer paying YouTube $13 per month not to watch commercials popped in at in opportune times.