It was the ads coupled with the 5% yearly price increases which caused me to disconnect cable back in 2008.<p>When 20 minutes of the time is spent in a 1 hour program is spent showing advertisements, it becomes irritating to watch, and the time to summarize all of the events prior to the ads, takes away from the depth of the programming.<p>We have Netflix, but the quality of the programming has gone downhill in the last couple of years (at least as far as non-fiction programming is concerned). I&#x27;m considering cancelling  and just using Youtube for most of my viewing.