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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
This has been an entertaining thread to read! On one hand, the vote is pretty close to neck and neck... but there are far more "God, No! No to ads!" voices in the replies...
Personally, I don't know what the big deal is. Novels have ads in them now... I never hear anyone complain, or return a book, or throw it on the ground in irritation, because it has an ad in it. (Usually it's just an ad for more books from the author or publisher, in the same vein as the book purchased, so it's generally the kind of ad people want to see.)
Ads subsidize content, to the extent that consumers can get more content for less. We wouldn't have had over-the-air radio or television in America without it. So what if it means you sit through a commercial? Do what the rest of us do: Go get a snack during a commercial. DVD? Start the thing fifteen minutes before you will be ready to watch, and take care of a few things first... you'll find it's there at the "play" page when you get there.
It's just an ad. We're all already conditioned to ignore the ads we aren't interested in anyway. What the heck? So, sure, throw in an ad and knock another 50 cents off my cost... I can take it.
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Mayhap in the US, but the UK still maintains a sensible and welcome amount of ad-free viewing (thank god) ....