It's like paying for cable back in the day but you also get ads. The sheer audacity they think they can get away with because they consider themselves having a monopoly.

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usef- 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Didn't cable have ads too?

The amount of ads I see in life compared to the 90s is still drastically reduced.

	▲	bigfishrunning 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Basic cable had ads, premium cable (HBO, Showtime, etc) usually only advertised future programming in between programs, but nothing during a program.

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throwaway85825 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They have a government granted temporary monopoly.

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mitxela 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Permanent monopoly, because you'll always be watching what's current today, not 70 years ago

	▲	jl6 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Kinda, but the back catalog has never been bigger or more valuable. There is good stuff from every era, and it only accumulates. What happens when the viewing mix is 10% new stuff, 90% classics?

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ymolodtsov 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Except you can cancel it from the next month with a few clicks.

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WesolyKubeczek 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Back when I had cable it was all like 15 minutes of content blocks separated by 30-minute blocks of ad. Because fuck me, I guess.