JWBananas

Literally the first sentence of that article:

Although cable television was never conceived of as television without commercial interruption, there has been a widespread impression - among the public, at least -that cable would be supported largely by viewers' monthly subscription fees.

The premium services mentioned in your quote (HBO, Showtime) also still do not run ads even today.

Teams is built on Edge webview. It's Microsoft's lighter-weight version of Electron.

You have to opt into that behavior. It prompts you on first launch

AND being forced to stop the bullshit every few updates where they force you through choosing options

Just turn it off. Settings → Notifications → Windows Welcome Experience or some such.

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On god sigma gyatt

Straight fax no printer no cap

See the salamanders from Threshold

That honor actually goes to Prodigy

so states with cannabis dispensaries don't count? or the states allowing abortion?

By law? Yes, they do. It just isn't being enforced.

It still causes financial issues though. Banks won't touch them, for instance.

Skibidi Ohio rizz bro.

It's way easier to get someone's attention in office

Exactly. Most employees aren't just sitting around waiting for someone to get their attention. They're already actively working. And when that work is interrupted, it's a distraction, and productivity goes down.

Even the mental context switching between the tasks is costly in terms of time lost. Most people can't just instantly jump back to the original task at the same level of productivity.