Ads Are Getting Out of Control

Hey Dudes!

Lately, I’m finding myself watching less TV and more YouTube. There just aren’t many good shows anymore—and definitely no good movies. I get way more joy out of watching some dude build weird inventions in his garage than sitting through another remake packed with dumb political messaging.

It feels like every show now pulls you in with a few good episodes, and then bam—new characters get shoved in, side characters suddenly take over, and the whole thing gets buried under a wave of bullshit. Surely I’m not the only one who notices this crap?

Resident Alien and Ted Lasso are perfect examples. They started off great, with strong characters and fun writing. Then, once they had an audience, they morphed into something else entirely. It’s sad, because it shows they’re capable of making good TV, but clearly ramming in some “message” is more important.

Leave me alone. I don’t need to be told I’m a bad person all the time. I just want to watch something that lets me forget about the real world for a bit.

Anyway—so while watching YouTube instead, I keep getting hammered with ads. If I pause a video, an ad plays when I resume. There are way, way too many ads, Mr. YouTube. Calm down. Surely you’ve made enough money by now? Sometimes the ads are longer than the video itself. Stop it.

And don’t even get me started on the double unskippable ads…

couple at a restaurant choking while waiting for an unskipabble ad to finish cartoon

But the worst—and most scummy—tactic of all? Ads in paid subscriptions. I’m looking at you, Spotify. Three ads every fifteen minutes might be fine on the free version, but there is no fucking way that should be happening with a paid subscription. That’s straight-up just being a dick.

Anyway, while I was getting annoyed about all these ads, I started wondering if people had similar problems back in the olden days… and that gave me the idea for this cartoon.