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The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices (arstechnica.com)

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For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn't want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

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[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

chomsky-yes-honey remembering when cable television didn't have advertisements

[-] Parent@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

I thought this was a facetious comment, but you're right https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/will-cable-tv-be-invaded-by-commercials.html

[-] CrowAirbrush@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

My memories go as far back to when a full commercial block was 60 seconds and only happened once in the middle of a movie and usually around once per hour on regular tv.