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It's like paying for cable back in the day but you also get ads. The sheer audacity they think they can get away with because they consider themselves having a

It's like paying for cable back in the day but you also get ads. The sheer audacity they think they can get away with because they consider themselves having a monopoly.

WesolyKubeczek 12d ago
Back when I had cable it was all like 15 minutes of content blocks separated by 30-minute blocks of ad. Because fuck me, I guess.
throwaway85825 12d ago
They have a government granted temporary monopoly.
- mitxela 12d ago
  Permanent monopoly, because you'll always be watching what's current today, not 70 years ago
  - jl6 12d ago
    Kinda, but the back catalog has never been bigger or more valuable. There is good stuff from every era, and it only accumulates. What happens when the viewing mix is 10% new stuff, 90% classics?
    - mahboi 12d ago
      buy DVDs I guess
ymolodtsov 12d ago
Except you can cancel it from the next month with a few clicks.
usef- 12d ago
Didn't cable have ads too? The amount of ads I see in life compared to the 90s is still drastically reduced.
- bigfishrunning 12d ago
  Basic cable had ads, premium cable (HBO, Showtime, etc) usually only advertised future programming in between programs, but nothing during a program.
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