Op-ed: Apps promised to free us from ad-supported subscription bundles. Oops!

For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/K4EIh

    • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      This is what happened to cable too I think. My grandpa was saying back in the day cable was what you got to avoid ads

      • Num10ck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        thats right. broadcast had tons of ads and also had no cursing/sex etc. cable came along with no ads and tons of cursing and sex etc.

        and of course broadcast was a big deal originally because people didnt want to pay 25 cents to watch a movie.

    • phillaholic@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      I can’t see any removing the ad free option, they’ll just make it more expensive.