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

  • 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.