https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/01/tv-is-back-in-its-commercials-era/677300/
“In the early days of streaming, Adgate told me, part of the appeal of a site such as Netflix [or Amazon Prime] was its lack of ads. But as the costs of producing high-quality content went up, and streaming companies scrambled to turn a profit, even the advertising holdouts eventually caved.”
No, Lora, as business hums along, another way to make a few dollars was found and now we will pay to subscribe and pay more to enjoy our subscription. Some of us are old enough to remember when you got a spare tire in the trunk when you bought a car. Then one day you got a new car looked in the trunk to discover that you had a donut. And no coffee.
As a good old Communist friend told me in the back yonder, “If Detroit can find a way to make an extra quarter on each vehicle, they will do it. At that scale it’s big bucks.”
So, Jeff just found a quarter. And I just watched a donut.
Waiting For Charlemagne 