lol yeah, that’s what they said about cable tv. Fool me once, …

Vvector · on Nov 19, 2023

cable TV had ads from day 1.

omginternets · on Nov 19, 2023

It certainly did not.

Vvector · on Nov 20, 2023

Cable TV started as a way to expand the reach of broadcast TV. Broadcast TV has commercials. Hence cable TV always had commercials.

shadowgovt · on Nov 19, 2023

It depends on how you slice the question.

The first cable-only station to do ads was USA in 1977. But since cable always carried local stations, cable always had channels where ads were run.

drekipus · on Nov 19, 2023

"fool me once" only applies when it's the same entity doing the fooling

omginternets · on Nov 19, 2023

Or the same process...