OVERRATED: Hulu Plus

As time goes on, this streaming service is less of a television revolution and more of a retrenchment of its existing model. Terrestrial TV gives its shows away with commercials to offset their costs, but with the "premium" benefits of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORCRP01079617142" title="Hulu" href="/topic/economy-business-finance/media-industry/hulu-ORCRP01079617142.topic">Hulu</a> Plus you can pay a subscription fee and sit through ads as if <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORCRP015328" title="TiVo Inc." href="/topic/economy-business-finance/tivo-inc.-ORCRP015328.topic">TiVo</a> were never invented. When was the last time you saw anything on Hulu good enough to pay for twice?
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As time goes on, this streaming service is less of a television revolution and more of a retrenchment of its existing model. Terrestrial TV gives its shows away with commercials to offset their costs, but with the "premium" benefits of Hulu Plus you can pay a subscription fee and sit through ads as if TiVo were never invented. When was the last time you saw anything on Hulu good enough to pay for twice?

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