A couple weeks ago I tweeted, “With Gameday Audio from MLB during innings I hear the local commercials, but on MLB.TV any ads are blacked out. Why?”
I think I know why, Adblock Plus.
When you click on the link to open the video of the game it opens in a separate window and 99.9% of the time I’m using Firefox, which is my default browser. In FF I run the Adblock Plus add-on, but yesterday I tried watching the game using Internet Explorer with no Adblock and lo and behold I get to see the NESN’s commercials on MLBTV.
Normally I abhor commercials, but they are actually better than silence with this image showing for 2 to 3 minutes:
I agree. Being bored is worse than being annoyed by repeat commercials. The time passes faster with the commercials on…and if you go to the bathroom or kitchen, you can hear when to come back.