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Amazon To Start Running Ads In Prime Video Series and Movies, Will Launch Ad-Free Tier For Extra Fee (deadline.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently this is how cable started, and then they did the same thing lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was in back before the Internet though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The internet was invented in the 60s

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I know, I was there. But I'm talking about when it was used by the larger general public, which was in the 90's. Before that, it was people dialing up on modems to BBS'.