[82lsju]

Also, I'm old enough to remember when networks would pay or otherwise encourage local carriers to carry their stuff. IIRC, KRON was one of the first to balk at paying to play and ended up losing their status as an NBC affiliate.

It always burns me to pay for streaming services that are also supported by advertising (especially if I'm forced to watch them).

I'm old enough to remember when cable was first available in Cincinnati (where I grew up) in the mid-to-late 1970s one of the big selling points was no commercials....

[82lsju]

Also, I'm old enough to remember when networks would pay or otherwise encourage local carriers to carry their stuff. IIRC, KRON was one of the first to balk at paying to play and ended up losing their status as an NBC affiliate.

It always burns me to pay for streaming services that are also supported by advertising (especially if I'm forced to watch them).

I'm old enough to remember when cable was first available in Cincinnati (where I grew up) in the mid-to-late 1970s one of the big selling points was no commercials....