# Tubi 9 Hacker News commenters recommended Tubi and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. **Verdict:** A free, ad-supported streaming service with a large catalog of movies and TV shows, often compared favorably with paid services. Some titles leave the catalog over time. ## Why people recommend it - Free to watch, no subscription (3 comments): "the whole thing is free to watch on Tubi and the quality there is very nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014560)) "It's streaming, for free, on Tubi" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46137828)) "a free service like Tubi or Pluto" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46163910)) - Good movies and shows (3 comments): "there are a ton of very good movies on Tubi" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47767534)) "surprisingly had decent content on it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541250)) "Tubi has better content than Disney+" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49641989)) - Free ad-supported alternative to paid services (2 comments): "there's plenty of ad-supported content on YouTube, Tubi" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46109262)) "a free service like Tubi or Pluto" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46163910)) ## What people warn about - Titles get removed from catalog (1 comments): "Tubi stopped carrying all of B5 this month." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016720)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [YouTube Premium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/youtube-premium.md): 197 recommend - [Netflix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netflix.md): 181 recommend - [Nebula](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nebula.md): 58 recommend - [HBO](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hbo.md): 32 recommend - [Amazon Prime Video](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-prime-video.md): 29 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://tubitv.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Tubi", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tubi/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).