TL:DW…
Money.
Ding ding ding
Streaming is the new cable, just more expensive now. Each platform is like a bundle of TV channels.
The big difference is no contracts (yet), and easy cancellation. I’m more annoyed at the fragmentation than the price, and I’m more willing to pay the exorbitant price because I limit it to two services at any given time
I’ll preface this by saying I pirate everything and don’t fuck with streaming.
But for those who don’t, isn’t the best practice just to rotate a service or two a a time? Do you really need to sub to every service perpetually?
Streaming is getting shittier for sure, but even at its worst right now it’s still a lot better than cable ever was. Packages/services are more granular to choose from, signup and cancel on a monthly basis, no customer service rep hell bent on not letting you leave, and no hardware to install/rent/return.
You can save all that money by becoming a pirate.
With inflation, you would think the peasants would start cutting media budget but somehow parasites are able to raise prices and we just keeping paying.
I am amazed with peoples tolerance. I think we all under estimated the general publics pain tolerance.
Ever since I subscribed to jellyfin, I haven’t had to look elsewhere. They have everything I want on there!
Forgive my ignorance, but isn’t it so that Jellyfin doesn’t provide the content, it’s you who upload it? Or have I understood this completely backwards?
Money
Streaming is cheaper for me than cable cuz I don’t watch sports. Anything sports is crazy expensive which is why cable was so expensive.
