T-Mobile Offers Free Ad-Supported Hulu to Subscribers

[MacRumors]

T-Mobile today announced that people who subscribe to the Go5G Next plan will have free access to ad-supported Hulu content starting on January 24.

Hulu is a perk that joins the existing Apple TV+ and Netflix subscriptions that T-Mobile Go5G Next users have access to.

T-Mobile says that free Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+, and MLB.TV add up to more than $35 per month or $400 per year in benefits.

The Hulu plan that T-Mobile customers are able to access is valued at $7.99 per month, and it does include ads during shows and movies. Hulu says that ads typically play at the beginning of the stream and throughout the video, similar to a traditional TV broadcast.

T-Mobile's Go5G Next plan is the company's highest-tier plan that includes a smartphone upgrade with trade-in on an annual basis. It is priced at $100 per month for a single line.

Article Link: T-Mobile Offers Free Ad-Supported Hulu to Subscribers

 

[Think|Different]

...after they just gutted their included Netflix offer, raising the price again! And all of these have ads...Sheesh.

 

[F23]

imagine paying for ADS

 

[k1121j]

I like all their offers the coverage just won’t cut it for me in my area.

 

[6787872]

i'll sail the high seas, thanks.

 

[antiprotest]

Free ads!

 

[jvchappy]

Verizon already did it

 

[HawkTheHusky1902]

i'll sail the high seas, thanks.

Was gonna say...

 

[Astro7x]

This plan is $1/mo every Black Friday. Is this supposed to attract people to try T-Mobile?

 

[Apple_Robert]

I don't willingly pay for ads. I hate watching ads. I will mute a commercial if I have the ability.

 

[Adoniram]

imagine paying for ADS

That's been cable TV's M.O. for decades!

 

[Apple_Robert]

$100 / per month on that plan for a single line is absurd.

 

[besler3035]

...after they just gutted their included Netflix offer, raising the price again! And all of these have ads...Sheesh.

They didn't gut their Netflix offer. If you had Netflix Standard, nothing changes there. It was the customers that had Netflix Basic, which is a plan no longer offered by Netflix ... that's switching to Netflix Standard with Ads.

 

[besler3035]

According to TMo Report, this is not limited to Go5G Next customers. https://tmo.report/2024/01/hulu-on-us-is-coming-to-t-mobile-customers-and-not-just-premium-plans/

"Customers that qualify and have claimed Netflix Basic “On Us” before January 5th 2024 will receive 6 months of Hulu with Ads at no cost. Those that qualify and have claimed Netflix Standard “On Us” before January 5th 2024 will receive the full Hulu “On Us”, just like Go5G Next customers."

 

[jz0309]

It is priced at $100 per month for a single line.

That is insane ...

 

[minimo3]

Netflix with ads, Hulu with ads, Amazon prime will soon have ads… pretty soon the streaming providers will come up with their latest innovation: shows only play at a specific time and schedule, you’ll just have to tune in then to watch!

 

[djphat2000]

But, if you want to pay to not have ads. Can you? And get this discount? Cause I'd get it if that is the case.

 

[djphat2000]

Netflix with ads, Hulu with ads, Amazon prime will soon have ads… pretty soon the streaming providers will come up with their latest innovation: shows only play at a specific time and schedule, you’ll just have to tune in then to watch!

That's when everyone goes back to pirating.

 

[ersan191]

...after they just gutted their included Netflix offer, raising the price again! And all of these have ads...Sheesh.

Netflix Basic being removed was Netflix's fault, not T-Mobile's.

 

[reallynotnick]

I rather just have a cheaper phone plan than be forced to pay for ad supported services. T-Mobile has lost the plot.

 

[Chaos215bar2]

I’m sorry, is it free, or is it ad-supported? Because it sure as heck isn’t both.

Can we stop buying into this “free with ads” nonsense? If it has ads, you’re paying with your time and attention.

 

[Ken Linger]

We've come so far and yet lost so much. I could DVR or record to tape shows 20 years ago and skip ads. Some VCRs and early DVRs (that weren't made/sold by cable companies) were capable of ad-detection and skipping past them. Even if yours wasn't fancy like that, you could still fast-forward through them. On a DVR, you could pause live TV when you wanted during the show, grab a snack, come back, keep watching, and then fast forward through the ads until you caught up to the live broadcast.

Today, it's not the technology that requires the ads or blocks you from skipping them but rather a bunch of backroom contracts that all but guarantee ad viewership. Of course, enough people rejoice at the $2 savings/month that this strategy isn't going anywhere.

 

[grobik]

Hopefully they allow you to pay up to the no ads plan. I pay $2.50 extra with T-Mobile for Netflix premium tier. The inability to upgrade to ad free is what kept my from switching to Verizon. That and T-Mobile’s better 5g rollout.

 

[TruthAboveAllElse]

I just wish you could pay the difference for Apple One, but as far as I know you cannot.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

Ad-supported? That's kind of like inviting someone on a date and offering them a 100 calorie pack of Doritos.