Streaming prices are out of hand. What are cheaper alternatives?

  • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    a basic cable package in my city costs $100. A high end one costs $200.

    Netflix basic is 8 bucks, netflix premium is 25.

    • selokichtli@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      Plus the internet connection, which I get it, it’s currently a necessity, but at the time of cable TV, it didn’t represent an expense.

    • citizensongbird@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      That’s exactly my point. Cable didn’t start off costing $100-$200. In the beginning it was a few bucks as an ad-free alternative to antenna TV. Then they raised prices, just a little at a time, over many years, as well as introduced ads. Sound familiar?

      I promise you, some day streaming will cost $100-$200, too. And people will pay it, just like your grandparents do today.

      I say again: streaming is here to REPLACE cable. You’re living in the golden age of low-cost entertainment and you don’t even know it.