With cable do you still lease set top boxes? Or do they give those away for free now? Couldn't tell if that was factored into the cost.
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Steaming was only cheaper because the streaming services never paid writers
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lmao "innovation". Fuck big tech.
Well, to be fair they are counting streaming ad free versions against cable tvs ad ridden service. Not exactly apples to apples is it. I helped my brother move this weekend and they put Apollo 13 on for my mom to watch (on DIRECTTV Paramount channel). It was still on when we finished. Fucking unwatchable.
But yeah, streaming is starting to not look like such a bargain. And it's going to get worse no doubt. But I quit cable, and I can quit streaming as well. Not sure I even need to pirate, plenty of other low cost entertainment options.
Maybe if everyone and the uncle didn't have to have their own streaming service it wouldn't be so expensive and they wouldn't be bleeding subscribers.
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