# Again with the annoying commercials!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** commercials-ads\
**Created:** [June 28, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089 "2017-06-28T22:06:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/3089 "2021-11-23T01:22:06Z")

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> [@Sherrerd](#):
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> The ubiquity and volume of these commercials is a pretty good indicator of how massively-profitable these plans are for the companies offering them.

Of course I don’t really have evidence but seems to me there really aren’t that many companies. For example, I asked Google about the company that uses “Martha” and came up with several different phone numbers.

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