even when the cable company put out a really light weight, pick your own channels (10) package at a lower price… two hours on the phone getting it sorted out, my bill went down a whole five bucks a month. i never watched the channels i no longer got, so five bucks saved was five bucks.
the savings was completely negated (and then some) two months later by a rate hike in the ‘below the line’ bullshit fees and surcharges–which by themselves is now about double the final monthly cost of ‘basic cable’ 25 years ago (back then, the plain ‘basic cable’ did include a few actual and popular cable channels, too. those were pulled off that about 15 years ago).
i am no longer a cable tv subscriber. i no longer watch local tv channels, either. as they can’t be received by antenna where i live.
Years ago, in Australia, I wanted to watch Formula 1. It was only available on Foxtel. I had to pay $25/m to get Foxtel—all shit I didn’t want. Then $25 to get the sports package—mostoy all shit I also didn’t care about or watch. Then $25 to get HD (1080).
$75 to watch F1, no other options but finding pirate streams. After a couple rounds, of course I cancelled and just pirated once friends found reliable sources.
No one wants to pay for channels they don’t watch…
even when the cable company put out a really light weight, pick your own channels (10) package at a lower price… two hours on the phone getting it sorted out, my bill went down a whole five bucks a month. i never watched the channels i no longer got, so five bucks saved was five bucks.
the savings was completely negated (and then some) two months later by a rate hike in the ‘below the line’ bullshit fees and surcharges–which by themselves is now about double the final monthly cost of ‘basic cable’ 25 years ago (back then, the plain ‘basic cable’ did include a few actual and popular cable channels, too. those were pulled off that about 15 years ago).
i am no longer a cable tv subscriber. i no longer watch local tv channels, either. as they can’t be received by antenna where i live.
I watch nothing but Blue Bloods 24/7 and will pay any price for whatever number of channels gets me Blue Bloods
Is there not a blue bloods channel on plutotv or something?
Years ago, in Australia, I wanted to watch Formula 1. It was only available on Foxtel. I had to pay $25/m to get Foxtel—all shit I didn’t want. Then $25 to get the sports package—mostoy all shit I also didn’t care about or watch. Then $25 to get HD (1080).
$75 to watch F1, no other options but finding pirate streams. After a couple rounds, of course I cancelled and just pirated once friends found reliable sources.