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Tell "doesn't match reality" to cable television. All channels ended having ads. This is Capitalism in a American society that is looking more of a plutocracy than a democracy.
Please for the love of all that is holy stop with the completely false outdated meme that “at one point cable didn’t have ads” Cable was first introduced as a means to get over the air channels for remote places that couldn’t get a signal to get network tv. These channels always had ads. Then came the “Superstations”. They were local independent ad supported channels like TBS in Atlanta and WGN in Chicago that went n…
In Brazil cable started not having ads. Don't take USA for all the world