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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by jason0597 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:52AM (#22986457)
I think the reason you are being downvoted is due to your aggressive tone and due to you not including many sources in your claims (or at least, minimal reasoning behind them).
Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by mjburgess on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:47AM (#22987099)
https://ourworldindata.org/

The reason I phrased it as a search term, rather than via reference, is to encourage people just to search for it.

I'm sufficiently confident in the empirical evidence that any reputable-looking resource measuring these things over the last 40year will report what I describe.