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.
You don’t have to watch the latest, hippest new show of streaming services so participate in society. I can’t believe I’m even having this conversation, truthfully I’m baffled that I need to repudiate this.
But despite my sanity, I will engage with it… You know people still have dvd players, right? And libraries still exist? To be clear, I’m just trying to rebuke the absurd claim that you have “no way of getting access to poop culture” without streaming services.