[[How long before they decide to sell advertising space? Can you imagine never being able to get rid of an ad?]]
exactly- Can’t even watch TV without a ton of ads blocking portions of the screen- they put the words at bottom when you can’t understand what the person is saying well, and many times the stupid pop yup ads cover up the words-
I remember watching TV back in the 70’s when there were only about 2-3 commercial breaks during a show, the commercials were quick, entertaining, funny, and not really bothersome- but my goodness- today there are so many commercial breaks during a one or two hour show, and they go on and on and on- and mostly are emotion manipulators now- commercials for peta, commercials for climate change, commercials for a myriad of organizations to ‘help just one person with your monthly contribution of $20- that’s just 8 cents a day (or whatever)”
AND we’re paying through the nose to watch all these commercial interruptions
Thank goodness for DVR- No more sitting through commercials unless we are watching something live- but even then we change the channel to another show during commercials now- so that cuts down on the annoyances-
Back then, commerical breaks were just long enough for a quick bathroom break. Today, you can make dinner.