You still can pay to remove ads sometimes, and you also get to pick what you're watching instead of waiting for whenever it's on TV. You also can cancel any time. Things are getting worse, but they're still immensely better than cable.
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Bro, are you like 15? Do you have any idea how much cable costs? Lol. This is ragebait bullshit.
Downvoted for calling out misinformation? That's weird...I guess ya'll ain't so different from Reddit afterall, are ya?
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It's a bit high horse-y but other than my parents' Netflix, I just switched to paying for journalism. You get used to after a while, honestly.
But full disclosure my partner does stream a lot, so I get it kind of ambiently.
Yeah, I have Netflix and YouTube (God please don't inundate my inbox with ways to get around the YouTube ads. 1. I'm tech illiterate and 2. At least some of that goes to the creators I want to support)
I totally agree with you about YouTube, I am tech stupid, too. I watch it every day on multiple devices, and it's worth it to pay for it just to make life easier
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I grow weary of all the attempted comparisons between streaming and cable. Even if it cost the same (streaming is still cheaper), you don't have to call a tech to fix the dvr, which will wipe all your recordings... or pay per tv you own, rather than the number you are actually using. Of and you can watch it when you aren't even home. Streaming is sooo many 1000's % better than cable in soo many ways. Is it enshitifing, he'll yeah. But still way better.
Plus you're not locked into contracts and bundles. See a show you like on Netflix - subscribe, binge, cancel.
I rotate through all the services like this.
Plus you’re not locked into contracts and bundles.
Yet...
I can absolutely see that as the next step once people get comfortable rotating.
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Streaming is getting worse, but it's still way better than cable. Everything is on demand without having to fuss with a dvr, you can subscribe only to the services you want or rotate through them one at a time, and there are no contracts so you can cancel whenever you want.
Things could obviously be better, but we are nowhere close to how bad cable was/is.