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The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn't want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It all comes down to greed and enshitification in the end.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Partially greed, sure. But at least partially, I'd assume it's also the rising production costs. Tv shows nowadays have production levels comparable to movies just some years ago.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which is completely unneeded. Just look at all the amazing content on Nebula (or the respective YouTube channels) for incredible content for incredibly low production cost.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nebula?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

alternative streaming service started by youtubers. super high quality content. costs like 15 bucks a year.