I don't imagine you're the first to think of this. It's a sign of a healthy market it hasn't been tried, probably because subscription streaming, with minimal a

I don't imagine you're the first to think of this. It's a sign of a healthy market it hasn't been tried, probably because subscription streaming, with minimal ads (not "no ads" if you include skippable previews as an ad, which I do), is a good deal and if ad-only streamers (like Roku, I guess?) implemented the feature they'd get even less audience than they have now. You'd have to be pretty desperate if that small amount of money could make a difference. It feels like the move a monopoly would make to squeeze the absolute last drop of value out of the position. (It seems to be a battle of content, with all sides fighting for all that long-term MRR, and no-one really has a monopoly on great content. Which is actually pretty great! Of course local stations don't have great content because their sample size is too small.)