unlike with YouTube there's not even an option to pay to get rid of them. That was one of the big selling points of cable TV when it started: because you were

unlike with YouTube there's not even an option to pay to get rid of them. That was one of the big selling points of cable TV when it started: because you were paying for the service, there was no need for commercials. I remember when cable started adding channels with commercials. "Who's going to pay to watch that?" smarty pants people said. Yet, here we are. Just wait until ads start popping up on the paid YouTube service. The greed is just too strong.