• AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Quick! Someone tell us why this isn’t a good thing because the government did it! Surely there’s some secret corruption at work!

  • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Cable lobby group NCTA-The Internet & Television Association claimed that the commission’s “micromanagement of advertising in today’s hyper-competitive marketplace will force operators to either clutter their ads with confusing disclosures or leave pricing information out entirely.”

    Or, you know, you could just tell the truth.

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      8 months ago

      Whoa whoa whoa, have you been playing too many online games recently? Because your views are sounding a little bit extreme there…

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        8 months ago

        As an autist who doesn’t always catch sarcasm, I have to ask: what alien robot downvoted you?

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    My family hasn’t been subscribed a satellite/cable tv service in almost 16 years… 8 if you include streaming services.

    Their shitty services, comercials, deceptive pricing, arbitrary limitations, and lack of content drove me away long ago. 🏴‍☠️

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      8 months ago

      Haven’t had cable nor streaming services my entire life, and I’m 35. Though I do pay for YouTube Premium. Then again, I watch media reviewers and longform film and game essayists. And speedruns. I buy or pirate all my shows. I “own” a number of shows on Google Play, but the last several years has made me stop buying there too. Physical or piracy, baby.