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brewdad
on Aug 22, 2022
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The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamle...
In my area, cable absolutely marketed itself as being as-free. Perhaps by the time it reached your area the ad-free dream was already dead.
scarface74
on Aug 22, 2022
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How could they? The big draw of cable TV was rebroadcasting network OTA channels that had commercials. They then added superstations.
If you look at the earliest basic cable channels, they also had commercials from day one.
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