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I did not know they were thinking about taking on ads. That's got to be a circling of the drain.

• B1FF_PSUVM 4y ago
  If I remember correctly, a feature of cable TV way back when was ... no ads. Pesky things. I bet Gutenberg felt the same.
  • Clubber 4y ago
    And ads are what killed it too, once a competing technology (finally) came out. From what I understand the US shows way to many adds compared to Europe, it's nearly half of the show time. If TV/cable execs weren't so greedy, they might still be alive. It seems like US companies tend to kill the golden goose.
  • scarface74 4y ago
    Where does the myth that cable ever was ad free come from? Cable started out as a method to deliver broadcast TV to people who couldn’t get reception. Then superstations like TBS started broadcasting local content. Cable always had ads besides premium TV like HBO