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Originally posted by turbo
I just thought of another comparison. Many people pay for 'Extended Cable', where they get channels like Discovery Channel, and ESPN, etc... there are commercials on all of those channels...
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Originally posted by UnseenWorld
Yeah, why isn't cable free?
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That's like saying "I pay $30/m for my internet service. Why aren't pornsites free?"
A tv channel produces shows, and then sells those feeds to cable companies, who then sell it to us. They charge us a nominal fee for access to the service, take a profit off of it and then pay the tv channel. The TV channel then sells commercial space in order to pay the salaries/costs involved in producing a TV show.
Get it?