That’s a given. Every medium of communication ends that way. Start with books, end with propaganda flyers and glossy magazines. Start with radio, end with pirate broadcasts and stations full of ads. TV is about 25% ads and the rest is reality TV. Internet was going to end up that way as soon as things went mainstream.
Absolutely. You can even throw the telephone in there. At the start it was a great way to reach Grandma across the country or the doctor across town. Now most of the traffic on it is robots and extortionists trying to fool Grammy into giving her money for some lie or another.
I don’t even answer my phone for numbers anymore…be on a short named contact list, leave a voicemail reminding me you are someone I should put on that list, or nothing doing. Sucks for anyone putting me down as an emergency contact though…
And I feel TV being 25% ads is being pretty conservative…oh, but streaming! Swap the ads and channels you don’t want for a higher per-channel price and no ads…oh, wait, now you get a higher price and the ads!
That’s a given. Every medium of communication ends that way. Start with books, end with propaganda flyers and glossy magazines. Start with radio, end with pirate broadcasts and stations full of ads. TV is about 25% ads and the rest is reality TV. Internet was going to end up that way as soon as things went mainstream.
Absolutely. You can even throw the telephone in there. At the start it was a great way to reach Grandma across the country or the doctor across town. Now most of the traffic on it is robots and extortionists trying to fool Grammy into giving her money for some lie or another.
I don’t even answer my phone for numbers anymore…be on a short named contact list, leave a voicemail reminding me you are someone I should put on that list, or nothing doing. Sucks for anyone putting me down as an emergency contact though…
And I feel TV being 25% ads is being pretty conservative…oh, but streaming! Swap the ads and channels you don’t want for a higher per-channel price and no ads…oh, wait, now you get a higher price and the ads!