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>TV is only broken if the customers (advertisers) start to lose their ability to manipulate a lot of people into buying things. That's exactly what's happening
by tsotha 15y ago
>TV is only broken if the customers (advertisers) start to lose their ability to manipulate a lot of people into buying things.
That's exactly what's happening, though. Most adults don't sit through commercials any more. The percentage of people who don't get their shows through the internet and don't skip over commercials with a DVR is something like 33%. I'd bet my last dollar that demographic skews elderly in a major way, too.
- wpietri 15y agoInteresting. Do you have a source for that? When visiting DVR-using friends, I see them watching some commercials (especially, if it's interesting, the first one of a group). And I know that some people who get their TV over the Internet end up seeing ads (e.g., Hulu, YouTube, network sites). So I suspect that a fair number of ads still get watched, but I can't quickly find any data on how many versus past years.
- tsotha 15y agoI can't find the source, but I think it was on HN within the last year or so.