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They've gotten so loving bad lately. I'd gotten used to tuning out the 40,000 perfume ads and now we get the gigantic sly and I want to scream
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Yeah it's a case study in being really stupid. People can live with sidebar ads or top/bottom of page but giant ones that intrude into the middle are only going to get more clicks from people accidentally hitting them while trying to scroll and are massively annoying
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Nov 14, 2022 18:52
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When I cancelled my Athletic subscription the before you go banner was still promising an ad free experience. Glad to see they are keeping it seamless and unobtrusive or however they worded it. Have any numbers released since NYT bought them out?
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Nov 14, 2022 19:02
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Mahoning posted:This is an ad in the middle of an article on The Athletic app. It literally takes up the entire screen essentially. What the gently caress. I canceled after the NYT deal but my subscription still runs through December. The ads have gotten ridiculous. I don't know what the subscription fee is even for anymore.
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Nov 14, 2022 21:07
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The athletic was enticing as an arizona resident when they had a beat writer or two for each team and now it looks like they don't have any. You're better off getting a candy bar from the gas station and reading espn.com
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Nov 15, 2022 01:02
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I just went to cancel and got a 70% off deal which I figure I'll take but they're like, two writers leaving away from there being no point for me anymore.
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Nov 15, 2022 02:45
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hifi posted:The athletic was enticing as an arizona resident when they had a beat writer or two for each team and now it looks like they don't have any. You're better off getting a candy bar from the gas station and reading espn.com Three beat writers for the Lakers though, all to just plagiarize r/lakers posts until Shams writes something for them to re-write.
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Nov 15, 2022 03:39
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their sox/bears/LSU people are great, jeff gluck is great, and I just scroll past the ads got a huge deal to renew, assume come July I'll get another
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Nov 15, 2022 04:37
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Mine is set to expire in a month, and lol at the idea of paying $72 a year for what it is now. If they send me a coupon I’ll do it.
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Nov 15, 2022 05:18
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Yeah I'm on the $1 a month right now after getting a couple free years from T-Mobile. I only read it on PC and the ads with my suite of ad blockers haven't been to bad. But I'm not going to pay anywhere near full price.
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Nov 15, 2022 05:47
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PC ad-blocker has been going well, maybe I’m lucky to be in a region their ad sales aren’t reaching because I’m only seeing house ads (eg for Athletic podcasts) in the app. I’m subscribed through next summer but will be seriously considering it moving forward. The price is going up and the quality isn’t matching.
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harperdc posted:PC ad-blocker has been going well, maybe I’m lucky to be in a region their ad sales aren’t reaching because I’m only seeing house ads (eg for Athletic podcasts) in the app.
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Nov 15, 2022 06:53
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I never used the athletic app and just login on my phone through the browser so it really negates alot of that annoying poo poo. Not defending this either, but I would stay away from the app now if they are dropping those big rear end ads.
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Nov 15, 2022 07:03
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Crazy Ted posted:The problem is that increasing numbers of sites aren't letting you access their articles if you have any kind of ad blocker installed. Whatever combo of iOS operating system-level blocker, ad block apps, and selection of websites isn't really impacting me that much. Last one that completely shut me out was something from a Twitter link, so it wasn't something I worried too much about. Might replace the Athletic app with a web bookmark if it really bothers me. Hrm.
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Nov 15, 2022 07:42
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It's going to be really funny if the Athletic collapses and Kalyn Kahler ends up back at Defector.
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The X-man cometh posted:It's going to be really funny if the Athletic collapses and Kalyn Kahler ends up back at Defector. I'm selfishly ok with this because I enjoy her writing and have no desire to subscribe to the Athletic.
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Nov 16, 2022 17:46
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I'm sad she stopped the QB2 videos when she moved because those were fun.
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Bip Roberts posted:I'm sad she stopped the QB2 videos when she moved because those were fun. they're back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py9cSZnT3_w
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Nov 24, 2022 02:05
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Sorry for the random question but this seemed like the most appropriate thread on the front page to ask so... How come the disabling of commentary on TV coverage isn't widespread? Commentary is handy in sports I'm not familiar with but when I'm watching cricket or football it just ends up annoying me. I remember seeing it as a feature on various channels in the past but no more. Is the problem that it's so popular a choice that commentators feel their jobs are under threat?
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fuckpot posted:Sorry for the random question but this seemed like the most appropriate thread on the front page to ask so... It obviously depends on the sport and broadcast but a lot of those commentators are also doing live reads for advertisers and upcoming programming and those reads are worth a ton of money.
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Nov 25, 2022 13:43
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It used to be that if you have a surround sound system, you could disable the center channel and cut out all commentary that way while still getting the on-field/court sounds.
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Yeah, other than that trick, I don’t recall there ever being a widespread option to not have commentary on any sports broadcast. I think some of ESPN’s MegaCasts have offered it buried on like ESPNEWS or ESPN Classic for some big college football games, and maybe it’s an option for some streaming services, but I don’t think it’s common and I can’t recall it ever being done on an NFL game in recent memory.
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Nov 25, 2022 16:01
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Capitals Playoff games were (accidentally?) commentary free on the SAP option. it was almost like being in the arena, especially during the always tense and usually tragic Game 7’s. World Cup in 2018(?) had an option to see the whole field and also was commentary free. But yeah, it’s a niche request so you’re usually not gonna be able to find it done purposely.
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You can cut all commentary and just have the sound of the on-field microphones on MLB.tv games.
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Just pay a friend to go to the game, call you on the phone, and put you on speakerphone.
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22 Goals is such a missed opportunity, I’d kill for the same research to go into a series of articles instead of having Brian Phillips awkwardly overenunciate a monologue over typical annoying Ringer production
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morestuff posted:22 Goals is such a missed opportunity, I’d kill for the same research to go into a series of articles instead of having Brian Phillips awkwardly overenunciate a monologue over typical annoying Ringer production The ringer publishes them as articles. I've read all of them, but have no desire to listen to it as a podcast.
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R.D. Mangles posted:The ringer publishes them as articles. I've read all of them, but have no desire to listen to it as a podcast. Oh hell yeah
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The one currently up about Michael Owen's goal at the 1998 World Cup tells you all you need to know about the British tabloids and how much the national team repeatedly steps on rakes
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Brian Phillips is wasted at the ringer, it sucks.
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I had to stop reading the 22 goals articles. I like the idea and the stories are compelling, but Phillips has some tendencies that I find annoying and over the course of that many articles at that length they really shine through.
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Yeah I like Phillips a lot but the sentence "There is a question hanging over this essay like my mouse cursor over the ACTIVATE FREE TRIAL button on literally any streaming service with a Miss Marple vertical" is the kind of wild self-indulgence that really needs to be delivered sparingly
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No reading The Athletic tomorrow https://twitter.com/amandahess/status/1600547516059045890
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Why is this supposed to be my problem
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Generally you want to not cross a(in this case digital) picket line. No one is going to like hunt you down and kill you it's just a request to support worker actions.
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General Dog posted:Why is this supposed to be my problem Don't cross picket lines unless it's a matter of life or death.
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Are the Athletic writers part of the strike? I seem to recall recently the NYT writers were adamantly refusing to consider Athletic writers members
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General Dog posted:Why is this supposed to be my problem When workers go on strike, consumers can show management that the workers have broad support by refusing to patronize the business until the strike is resolved. It's not rocket science.
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