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

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[–] citizensongbird@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours 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.