Back to piracy for me. I can always wait a while after release for the torrent to appear
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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We watch YouTube Premium 95% of the time. No more cable TV. We have Netflix and a few of the other services, but YT has the content we usually want to watch.
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What's next? The internet is harder to find and share free information than a brick and mortar library?
At this point, I could honestly see a library being better for fact-checking.
By the end of this, my only subscription will be to dropout.tv
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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I have Disney+ and Prime video, but my family watches Youtube on tv for the most part. So I was thinking of cancelling those subscriptions anyway.
And if I ever happen to need any particular show, I can just go on a little fishing trip to the sea.
lmao "innovation". Fuck big tech.
Personally I prefer to just not pay for anything exept internet and torrent and stream everything for free, much cheaper, no restrictions
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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.