Ads on Paid TV
Discussions center on advertisements appearing on paid television services like cable despite subscription fees, with users recalling promises of ad-free experiences that were later broken and drawing parallels to streaming services.
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I paid for my TV channel and it still shows me ads!
Like ads on cable tv. You paid for cable at the beginning to get an ad-free experience. Then you got ads anyway.
Many of us don't watch terrestrial TV because of the ads.
there's nothing wrong with ads on stuff like this; televisions aren't sacred ground.
Just like how paying for cable TV means no ads right?
There was a time when people thought paying for cable & streaming meant no ads, too.
Remember a long time ago, you'd get cable TV to avoid ads that you see via OTA TV?It's ads all the way down.
Reminds me of cable television: the TV shows exist to keep people watching the ads.
Wait till you see what TV is like these days. Ads everywhere.
"no ads" was never a selling point of cable. it's always been a balance of fees and ads.