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> TV ads never did these sorts of utterly shitty, tedious things. Until the CALM Act was passed in 2010, networks actually did increase the volume on advertise

> TV ads never did these sorts of utterly shitty, tedious things. Until the CALM Act was passed in 2010, networks actually did increase the volume on advertisements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Advertisement_Loudness_Mitigation_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Advertisement_Loudn...

southernplaces7 1y ago
Didn't know about that, but unsurprising. At least they couldn't extend their length almost indefinitely too, unless you manually skipped.
- Belopolye 1y ago
  It was around that time that I stopped watching cable television altogether. If you want to back down memory lane, search on YouTube for old recordings of network TV ad breaks from the late 90s and early 2000s- they’re just obnoxious.
  - frollogaston 1y ago
    Yeah, I was reading this and thinking wut, TV sucks. Like half the time watching a show (most likely a rerun) is ads, even if it's a paid cable channel. And even after that 2010 law, pretty sure the ads are louder than the shows. And the ads are even worse nowadays because the ads exclusively target old people, so 90% are drugs or gold-buying scams. Somehow the cable STBs are super laggy nowadays too, like they rewrote the video decoder in Javascript or something, cause it used to be fine. The only thing I miss at all is being able to leave a TV on and have it keep playing something reasonable, not convince itself that watching a car review means I want to watch a screaming kid trolling in Minecraft followed by the Syrian Civil War.
    - pests 1y ago
      Live TV apps like Pluto scratch that last itch for me. Can put it on a movie channel or stargate reruns and just leave it alone.
    - southernplaces7 1y ago
      >exclusively target old people, so 90% are drugs or gold-buying scams. Haha, so then what if i'm young but want some shady gold investments while I look into trying Ambien?
      - frollogaston 1y ago
        Oh the gold buying ads come by mail, you only sell your gold on TV. I heard they pay even higher than market rate if you order some orbexlitol with it.
asadotzler 1y ago
Some did, some of the time. And many of us stopped watching those stations when it really kicked in back in the early 90s.

southernplaces7 1y ago

Didn't know about that, but unsurprising. At least they couldn't extend their length almost indefinitely too, unless you manually skipped.

Belopolye 1y ago
It was around that time that I stopped watching cable television altogether. If you want to back down memory lane, search on YouTube for old recordings of network TV ad breaks from the late 90s and early 2000s- they’re just obnoxious.
- frollogaston 1y ago
  Yeah, I was reading this and thinking wut, TV sucks. Like half the time watching a show (most likely a rerun) is ads, even if it's a paid cable channel. And even after that 2010 law, pretty sure the ads are louder than the shows. And the ads are even worse nowadays because the ads exclusively target old people, so 90% are drugs or gold-buying scams. Somehow the cable STBs are super laggy nowadays too, like they rewrote the video decoder in Javascript or something, cause it used to be fine. The only thing I miss at all is being able to leave a TV on and have it keep playing something reasonable, not convince itself that watching a car review means I want to watch a screaming kid trolling in Minecraft followed by the Syrian Civil War.
  - pests 1y ago
    Live TV apps like Pluto scratch that last itch for me. Can put it on a movie channel or stargate reruns and just leave it alone.
  - southernplaces7 1y ago
    >exclusively target old people, so 90% are drugs or gold-buying scams. Haha, so then what if i'm young but want some shady gold investments while I look into trying Ambien?
    - frollogaston 1y ago
      Oh the gold buying ads come by mail, you only sell your gold on TV. I heard they pay even higher than market rate if you order some orbexlitol with it.

asadotzler 1y ago

Some did, some of the time. And many of us stopped watching those stations when it really kicked in back in the early 90s.