I forsee them injecting ads into their $12 soon to be $15 (you will see) ad free option. Never cared for the hulu mentality

I've got a cable/Internet subscription (doon to drop the TV part), a Netflix subscription, a cell phone subscription, a monthly mortgage, power, gas, lawn care, pest control, and probably some I'm forgetting about right now. Hulu might have gotten my eyeballs with ads, but I'm not going to pay for another damn subscription service.

Good luck Hulu. Join the chorus of services chasing those dollars. You won't get mine.

I will pass on Hulu. I would much rather get my shows Over the air and record them to my Tivo OTA DVR. Easy enough to skip over the ads doesn't use the internet and better picture. Can get netflix on top for more ad free shows and movies. Don't see any reason to pay for HULU.

So looking at the competition (Amazon Prime Video and Netflix) which I subscribe to both; there is a fundamental difference in user experience. For the same cost ($8-9) a month, I get both the original programming TV shows and the licensed ones from other networks commercial free. While not every show and network is available across all 3, why can the others do a black screen for a second and come back to show without a single ad but Hulu still needs to? This is exactly why I cancelled Hulu. I should get 100% add free in some pay option and neither option they offer has that user experience.

One example. The CW network show "Salem" has its previous two seasons available (as far as I know) on all 3 platforms. Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime. If I watch the episodes on either Amazon or Netflix, I can the entire 40 minutes of the episode add free. Yes, there is a momentary black screen scene swap where the ads were during the live CW network broadcast, but there is no ad. Hulu? You get the ads on the $8 option. What compelling reason can Hulu give me to come back to them? What offering do they have that make it worth the monthly cost and enduring the ads? There is not one single "must watch TV" series they offer for me to make that worth it.

Hulu is not the same as Netflix or Prime. Hulu runs currently airing shows the next day. I understand they have shows that are no longer on the air and movies but that's not their main purpose. It's not their Point of Difference; the fact that you can watch Chicago Fire or whatever a day later is. As far as the commercials, you get 3 30 second commercials typically. The most you'll get is 5 which is usually once during a show. I like Hulu because it's cheaper than paying for DVR service to watch my shows. Seems like a lot of people misunderstand the purpose of this service. It's owned by NBC, ABC & Fox so of course there will be commercials. I think it's a good decision. As soon as I realized I could see my missed shows sooner, I started paying for the service. Since having Hulu, I've cancelled service zero times and it's been about 4 years.

There is still a lot of resistance to offering what people really want; which is on-demand selections of current programming.

The millennials are not wanting to subscribe to a TV service, pay a monthly fee, only to gain access to linear TV to which they have to watch commercials. As much as they want to try, this isn't the format for the future. Sure, they will get people to sign up, but isn't going to be the people who are dropping off the current TV rolls.

However, this may be a small step in the right direction. Time will tell.

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No more free streaming ?..

Bye, Bye hulu.