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Netflix is raising their prices again. Spotify just raised their prices… (feddit.online)

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

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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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

Netflix basic is 8 bucks, netflix premium is 25.

[–] citizensongbird@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day 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.

[–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

For now. And that's Netflix only. Many many users have multiple subs.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days 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.