US pay-TV subscriber base eroding at record pace::undefined
It’s been over 20 years since I last paid for cable TV. I’m frankly shocked it’s made it this long, but I guess they can milk the boomers for another decade or two. Certainly seems to be working for the GOP anyway.
Most of my steaming services are threatening ads now, it’s absolutely no difference.
I guess I’m dusting off the ol’ pirate hat.
Arrrr me laddies !!
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My mom loves TV and for some reason really enjoys commercials. I can’t explain it. There must be some inaudible frequency in commercials that’s repuslive to me, but appetitive to her.
I had a good friend that loved infomercials. He’d stay up to watch the late night ones - the good ones. And he’d gleefully say that if he had a credit card and disposable income, he’d buy the garbage that they sold. Never understood that… hope you’re doing good Rojo!
It’s alright. They’re fucking over internet subscribers just as if we still had a cable TV package.
The day they try to bandwidth cap or piecemeal my internet service, I am becoming a Japanese terrorist
I’d subscribe if there were anything worth watching. Occupational reality shows on every channel. Streaming has gotten so bad lately that I don’t think we’re going to have a culture in the future just people setting themselves on fire for TikTok clout
Why would I pay $120-140 for cable every month and be forced to watch tons of ads when. I can pay <$20 for Hulu or NFLX a month and watch none?
Give it time, forced advertising is inevitable.
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Because of every asshole I’ve seen say things like “it’s only a couple ads, I don’t mind that. Get over yourself.”
We’ll line up in the online queue for “Ow My Balls 7” though. And like it.
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Its currently cheaper for me to collect used laserdiscs, dvds, and blurays.
People are dumping physical media, and its a firesale. For most discs its $1-5 if you know where to look.
It’s even cheaper to own a DVD burner. Less money spent on rent storing things.
But not as much as the high seas me heartie…
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Such things are a popular malware vector too.
May it end with a whimper not a shout
I’d pay for cable for the one/two (please God, two) months my team is in the playoffs.
There are methods to watch to games live online, for free.
Yeah but not at the same quality. And my preferred game is hockey where high quality really makes a difference.
I feel like I’ve read this exact headline 20 times over the past couple of years.
