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Netflix cuts out over 6 days of commercials from your life per year, compared to cable TV
Netflix's refusal to show ads is a core part of its identity. The company has always maintained that killing ads provides a better experience for its subscribers, and shows no signs of changing that position. And that stance has had an effect. "We know one of the benefits of an ecosystem like Netflix is its lack of advertising," Howard Shimmel, a chief research officer at Time Warner, told Bloomberg last year. "Consumers are being trained there are places they can go to avoid ads."
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Cable needs to adapt or die.
In every one hour program there are 10 to 15 minute commercials. 4 hours of primetime viewing means 1 hour commercial viewing each day. This equates to 30 hours a month. I would say its 18 days of commercials it cuts.