But they can’t even get a feed with ads to people. I should have been able to get the NBC “live” Olympics feeds on Peacock or one of the other NBC apps at the broadcast times. Nope. Not even with ads. No dice. Cord-cutters are SOL (if you don’t want to put up an antenna or don’t have local NBC reception).

This is how you handle the Olympics if you want the ratings to nosedive.

This is how Comcast wants it -- they're still a cable company, and even though they've started pushing online, they're still a cable company first and foremost. They don't want to sell you a $20 pass to the Olympics or even a $20/mo subscription to Peacock; they want to sell you a $150/mo triple play and $20/mo home security system add-on (that may or may not actually function), because the company seemingly still thinks it's 2006 and there's nothing better.

Can't you just get a peacock subscription for $5-10/mo?

You've misspelled it. It should be "runs".

Both are true. In the sense that advertising guts out any communications medium it touches, and animates the carcass. It's like a zombie virus.

Yes, and I wish they'd leave and stop screwing up all the stuff I care about.

Why can't we have both?

Lol, advertising is the only reason the Olympics are even possible to exist

Then it should stop existing.

Don't you think that's a bit selfish... to suggest eliminating the opportunity for thousands of athletes to fulfill a lifelong dream, just because you personally don't approve of advertising?