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IMDb Launches Ad-Supported Movie Streaming Service (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: IMDb is known as the place to go to look up details for any film under the sun, and now it's entering the streaming video arena. The company has launched Freedive, a free streaming platform that's supported by periodic ad breaks. The service's films and TV shows are available to registered IMDb or Amazon users and Amazon Fire TV owners. (The list of compatible devices is the same as the list for Prime Video.) Fire owners can navigate the service by way of a new icon in the "Your Apps & Channels" section or by telling their Amazon smart device, "Alexa, go to Freedive." The site says it will continually add new offerings to the site. The site will also indicate on a film's page if it's available on Freedive.
Title currently is "MDb Launches Ad-Supported Movie Streaming Movie"
They put streaming in your streaming!! Incredible.
"His name was James Damore."
Available only for US citizens (to be precise to US IP addresses). A full list of movies/series is here: https://www.imdb.com/freedive/
Lastly, IMDB is an Amazon company.
Frankly, I don't see why it took so long for this to be a thing. It's basically like viewing a movie on TV except the ads are more targeted.
I'm confused. Are you somehow implying that is a good thing? Personally I prefer to watch movies without any ads at all much less targeted ones that still somehow manage to have no relevance to me.