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Brave_Specific5870 t1_iubvofn wrote

Reply to comment by worldstarktfo in Global Streaming Is Still Growing, But Starting to Get Squeezed by HumanOrAlien

Is it cheaper to own cable at this point? Does cable exist?

I didn’t have tv up to a few years ago…now I just…have Hulu and peacock.

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Vanman04 t1_iucce3d wrote

Don't know about cheaper but you couldn't pay me to put up with the advertising on cable.

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zherok t1_iucsqoj wrote

> Is it cheaper to own cable at this point?

It likely depends on how many services you pay for and whether you couldn't bundle cable TV with your internet (assuming they're your internet provider too.) But in practice they love to obfuscate the costs and even the cheapest TV packages are probably time limited deals at best, and likely making up the difference anyway through fees and the like.

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Brave_Specific5870 t1_iucsy6a wrote

Was it supposed to be like this though? I mean there isn’t ‘big cable ‘ but people wanted options but now I feel like why

I watch Pluto tv but the same three commercials can get annoying.

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zherok t1_iucusxs wrote

I think people were fine back when Netflix was really the only meaningful option.

The divisions now are largely along content owner lines, which is a mostly arbitrary division of content to an end user. I'm reminded of a credit card I had that gave bonus points for Sony Pictures films. But most people don't pick what films they watch just by what studio produced them. So a collection of TV shows chosen that way is often a weird starting point. Especially when they all expect a monthly fee on par with Netflix.

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