zero573 t1_isojmuq wrote on October 17, 2022 at 3:03 PM

And many streaming services now offer ad-supported tiers so they don't lose as many subscribers

Uhhh I’m pretty sure most people who left Cable and cut their cords were to get away from all the fucking advertising, no one wants this. This whole exponential capital growth culture is rotting away everything and anything.

How the hell can a system be set up like “oh, we only generated 1 billion in revenue this year and not the 1.2 billion like we forecasted and now our investors are panic selling our stock!” like it’s a good thing. Eventually your always going to reach a peak for capital income. Exponential growth isn’t sustainable. Then they try to cut corners and squeeze out every last drop of cash they can before their customers bail because of the now substandard product. The company falls, is bought up by a different one and the cycle repeats.

SecretNature t1_isqdu10 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 10:37 PM

I’m old enough to remember when cable was sold to us as the “ad-free” option to get away from broadcast TV that was cluttered with ads. Didn’t take too long before cable was waaaay worse with more ads than broadcast TV ever had.

zero573 t1_isrpboe wrote on October 18, 2022 at 5:19 AM

Yeah I remember that too. As it is there is no cable in my house. We just stream everything, and are happier for it. But if they start treating streaming like cable, nah man, F-That. Tv isn’t the end of the world.