# What about advertising?

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**Created:** [February 19, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-about-advertising/869857 "2024-02-19T22:33:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![hum\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hum\_8](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hum_8)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-about-advertising/869857/1 "2024-02-19T22:33:50Z")

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Is there a way to know if a program (movie or other) will have ads without just playing it and seeing?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-about-advertising/869857/2 "2024-02-19T23:05:37Z")

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- If you’re streaming from a Plex online media source (video on demand, live tv streaming) — those will have ads
- If you’re streaming from your own or a shared library — no ads
- If you’re looking at the `Where to Watch` hub of items using Plex‘ Discover feature, it’ll depend on what streaming provider you’re selecting.

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**Author:** ![hum\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hum\_8](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hum_8)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-about-advertising/869857/3 "2024-02-20T18:34:58Z")

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Thanks. I suppose I should have been more specific. I saw a movie that was available on Plex and could not tell if it would have ads. I ran it for 30 minutes and saw no ads. Should I infer from this that movies available on Plex are ad free?  
Thanks, again.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-about-advertising/869857/4 "2024-02-20T20:02:07Z")

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> [@hum\_8](#):
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> Should I infer from this that movies available on Plex are ad free?

No, you shouldn’t.

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> [@hum\_8](#):
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> I saw a movie that was available on Plex…

The movie being available on Plex‘s video-on-demand doesn’t mean that’s where you streamed it from.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-about-advertising/869857/5 "2024-05-20T20:02:40Z")

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