• HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Cable used to have no commercials. Then they had some commercials, but less than OTA. Now there’s no difference. Streaming services started out with no commercials, then it was commercials, but you can pay for no commercials. Soon it’ll be pay more, for less commercials, I think there’s a service already doing that? Don’t reward them for this shitty behavior by throwing more money at them.

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      11 months ago

      TV used to be free over the air. Commercials were in-show. Often done buy the hosts themselves talking up a product. Pretty much exactly like YouTube and podcasts do now.

      Then cable was invented and they charged for it. But commercials never went away.