Corporate shenanigans

I remember when tv was in its infancy and we had only one station andit was free..well almost..You had to ahave an antenna that smothered your neighbors orchard..It suffered from snow storms and horizontal spasms evey so often, but it was free and there was only an occasional commercial..Then came Cable which wasn't Free but they promised we wouldn't have to endure commercials..Wellll, Guess what..Then I found another mode of transmission called direct tv. It promised no commercials,but it was higher in price..Guess what.. Yeah Commercials out the kazoo..Which brings us to a new means of radio that is promising no commercials..and if you believe that I have some ocean front property in San Antonio to sell you..And by the way this radio is not free...