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Someone is being ripped off by Comcast. For a change, this does not impact *my* pocketbook.

While I was waiting for Gretchen to come downstairs, I decided to stream a bit of "Flipping 101" from Comcast's On-Demand service, as I find the show engaging and brisk at a 30 minute length. And then I realized that something was wrong, because I was fed an ad for the Oregon governor's race. And an ad for the Portland Trail Blazers. And an ad for King Lasik, which I am pretty sure does not operate in this area.

Yes, *someone* was paying to feed me those ads. And Comcast was clearly ripping them off, because I am not the target for Oregon-local advertising.

On the other hand, the flip went well...

Date: 2022-11-09 03:48 pm (UTC)
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I was watching a college football game on ESPN (for values of watching which mean it was on as background and something to sort of pay attention to while I was knitting/folding laundry), and realised that I was getting, in the same commercial break, ads for Atlanta, DC, and PA.

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