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And its cousin "yes, but your browser doesn't have the right DRM software embedded in it, go fuck yourself"
"I tried to load an ad and failed and forgot where you were in the show so I'm just gonna start over. Oh hey it's the beginning of the show, have an ad."
-Hulu, actually.
Worse:
"I'm aware that you're paying nearly $30 a month for our Ad-Free tier; but this content creator still demands we put Ads on this shit. Here's an Ad!" Crashes and refuses to begin playback again when your browser that's configured to block those ads blocks it.
You guys are making me YARRRR so hard right now
Bruh that's a thing? Guess I'll get around to buying more storage for my jellyfin server
Or the relative of the "Worse" option:
"Oh, you're paying a little extra to limit advertising interruptions? Oh sorry! That only works on pre-roll and post-roll ads. Enjoy your fucking Mid(t)roll ad that you can't fucking skip!"
And it's adopted brother for TV shows, "yes but only the 3rd, 5th, and 12th episodes of the first season, first 3 of the second, none of the 3rd but the ENTIRE 4th season (excluding the finale), and the rest are easily available from 4 other streaming services. Isn't this so much better? :)"