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These streaming companies are pricing themselves out of the market. Keep it up guys!
These streaming companies are pricing themselves out of the market. Keep it up guys!
Lol Apple can go fuck an apple! I ain't paying shit!
Given their current lack of content worth watching, won't be renewing. Haven't streamed Apple+ for months now ..
0 + 0*0.3 remains quite affordable as for me.
You are very irritating. Why can’t you factor your god damn equation into 1.3x instead of x+x*0.3? Have you never taken a math class?
And you are an insufferable twat.
I know my audience.
I don't think enough people are putting their principles ahead of the desire for entertainment. There should be a greater public backlash as these media outlets continue to increase their prices.
It's taken me no more than two price increases by any outlet to cancel my subscription. I now only subscribe to Nebula, I watch Pluto and Tubi, I acquire my media in other ways that give me ownership of it, and I go to the theater more often. But mostly I try to do other things like read, create, exercise, socialize, learn new things.
To be fair, I'm a single person with no kids. However, I grew up in a time before mass cable tv adoption. I just hope parents are aware of the potential addiction they're harming their children with as they stick a screen in front of their face rather than a coloring book or lego set.
We're allowing corporations to control us and giving in to their demands to satisfy our addictions. To a lesser degree, we're drug addicts and they're the dealers.
I am riding the high sea.
Arrrr.....
I will not be paying for any streaming service, me ~~hardies~~ hearties...
Forgive the pedantry. It’s me hearties.
The more streaming services raise their prices, the more people asking to join my self hosted alternatives.
Which is win-win, because then they chip in for more hard drives.
Damn it was surprisingly affordable. Netflix up to $17 now.
Sure but keep in mind it originally launched at $4.99 around 5 years ago and has far less content than Netflix.
Good.
Charge the useful idiots as much as they're willing to pay.
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2025
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