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hunter

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6. I don't watch ANY advertising supported television.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 09:39 AM

Sep 2025

No cable, no satellite, no broadcast.

If a streaming service doesn't have a no-advertising option I won't even consider it.

My wife and I quit all advertising supported "traditional" television in 2012. We watch DVDs and subscribe to two or three no-advertising streaming services at any given time.

Traditional television created Trump. If the monster they created ends them, so be it.

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Mass media is dying just as the billionaires are getting control of it: [View all] applegrove Sep 2025 OP

I taught mass media NJCher Sep 2025 #1

Mass media is dying BECAUSE the billionaires got control of it. Layzeebeaver Sep 2025 #2

But if people stop watching, they make less money off it. milestogo Sep 2025 #7

Yes, this pandering to what is essentially a very fickle audience of one... Hugin Sep 2025 #3

Yep, this could be the coup de grace. tanyev Sep 2025 #4

Streaming isn't fully immune either newdeal2 Sep 2025 #5

I don't watch ANY advertising supported television. hunter Sep 2025 #6