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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] 14 points 11 months ago (4 children)

One option, if your use case supports it, is to hop around the streaming services. We generally subscribe to one or zero for a month at a time.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The reason I buy games is because pirating them is more trouble than just paying for them.

Now with video streaming, the value add was that I didn't even need to have to go search for something, it was just all there for a small fee.

Now for that fee, I still have to search for stuff (klwhich streaming service is it on in the first place), juggle subscriptions, and also, in some cases, have to watch ads. Why would I do that when the old ways of the sea are more convenient again?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Arrrrr, matey!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

They forget pirating video is really really easy

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