Comment by thakoppno

Thanks for mentioning this. I’ll admit I believed the meme.

From a 1981 NYT 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.

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/26/arts/will-cable-tv-be-inv...