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   From: bodron57@yahoo.co.uk   
      
   On 28/03/2018 17:34, Frank wrote:   
   > On 3/28/2018 10:41 AM, Wolf K wrote:   
   >> On 2018-03-28 08:43, Bod wrote:   
   >>> On 28/03/2018 13:17, Frank wrote:   
   >> [...]   
   >>>> In the US, one out of every four minutes is allowed for ads.  A big   
   >>>> reason why people are going to pay sites like Netflix on internet or   
   >>>> HBO, Showtime and the like on cable.  Those of us with recording   
   >>>> devices like DVR's record shows and fast forward through commercials.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In the UK you do not pay for ads but you pay through taxes.  Our PBS   
   >>>> which is government subsidized used to be ad free but now has a few   
   >>>> at beginning and end of the show and is constantly pimping for more   
   >>>> money.   
   >>>  >   
   >>> The BBC TV licence works out at just under £3 per week. For that we   
   >>> get 5 BBC HD chennels and about 50 odd commercial channels (many in HD).   
   >>> I also pay SKY for hundreds of channels, but I still have to suffer   
   >>> commercials on all of their channels.   
   >>> The BBC works out as very good value for the money, IMO.   
   >>> The BBC make some of the best documentaries amongst many other good   
   >>> stuff.   
   >>> We mostly watch the BBC ones anyway.   
   >>> We're thinking of packing SKY in.   
   >>   
   >> Yup, "free" isn't. You pay for it one way or another. The price of   
   >> advertising is built into every product and service you buy. Total   
   >> cost of advertising on all media comes to about 2.5% to 3% of GDP in   
   >> the US, or $2.50 to $3 of every $100 you spend. You channel that to   
   >> the advertisers whether or not you watch ad-supported TV, or "consume"   
   >> any other ad-supported media.   
   >>   
   >> A bit of arithmetic:   
   >> Median annual household income in the USA has fluctuated between about   
   >> $50K and $60K over the last three decades. Excluding pension and other   
   >> savings, households spend upwards of $40K per year on consumer   
   >> products and services. That comes to over $1000 per year for   
   >> advertising. Paying for ad-supported TV over cable or satellite adds   
   >> hundreds more per year. So $10 for Netflix is way cheaper.   
   >>   
   >> Best,   
   >>   
   >   
   > That's right and advertising cost varies considerably with products.   
   > When I got a new deck last year the most expensive bid was from a guy   
   > that must spend $1,000 a week on advertising with large ads in the   
   > paper.  We've all heard the ads for that crappy My Pillow.  That guy   
   > spends millions a week an pillows can go for $100.  Gullible people   
   > think the more ads, the better the product must be.   
   >   
   > First rule of economics, "There is no such thing as a free lunch."   
    >   
   Very true.   
      
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