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Re:Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growi... by TeMPOraL on Sunday February 04, 2024 @11:27PM (#39257329)
No ads used to be the main selling point of cable, decades ago, which goes to show that advertising is a cancer and will thoroughly corrupt and consume every communication medium over time.
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Re:Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growi... by edmundsauto on Monday February 05, 2024 @06:18PM (#39268556)
As far back as I can remember (mid 80s) cable always had ads. The premium channels like HBO did not, but most channels did.

Did you mean premium channels, or was there a time in the early 80s when >50% of channels carried by your provider didn't have ads?

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Re:Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growi... by int_19h on Friday February 16, 2024 @01:05AM (#39393735)
Mid-80s is exactly when that became to change.

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/will-cable-tv-be-inv...

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