&gt; &gt; How about ad-free versions of their channels?<p>&gt;Apparently that was what cable was all about at the beginning<p>I wish people would stop saying this, as it was much more about difficulty in receiving OTA signals[0]. HBO is and always has been ad-free, however.<p>[0]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cable_television_in_the_United_States#First_systems" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Cable_television_in_the_United...</a>