• SonicDeathTaco@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      My family was pretty poor growing up, but we had cable. Back in the day there would occasionally be free weekends of Disney Channel, HBO and the like. Whenever there was one of those free weekends, my parents would buy a super long blank VHS tape and record hours of random movies. So for years every movie that I watched had an 800 number that would pop up every few minutes asking you to call and subscribe.

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        The more things change, the more they stay the same i guess. Sounds like just anout every streaming service out there today.