go back to the big bundle which costs them $0.25 per viewer hour and gives them 300 channels to choose from at any time <- This seems like such a weird and creepy unit of measurement. Is that really how they see their product? Indistinguishable viewer-hours where it doesn't matter what's on so long as something's always playing?
My guess is, if this sort of "We're going to squeeze viewers" extraction happens, it'll lead to more people just not watching TV at all, rather than paying more and reminiscing about the good-ol'-days.
I'm 32 years old. I haven't ever had a cable subscription or equivalent.
I grew up in rural Canada. We had two channels (broadcast) because cable companies wouldn't service our area.
Once I moved out, I could barely afford to buy beer, let alone a cable package. With the internet providing endless amusement, it was a pretty easy choice: the beer won.
Today, I have a netflix account. The cable company is still getting their pound of flesh from me; my internet costs $80 a month. Oh how I miss the days of living downtown, where I could get cheap fibre...
I don't know why anyone would give a damn about having cable TV. It provides very little value for a very high price.
I totally will not. I have it now because my wife likes it, but I can't stand commercials in the shows. I'd much rather buy episodes from iTunes or anything really. Cable without ads, I'd pay for that.
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 25.1 ms ] threadMy guess is, if this sort of "We're going to squeeze viewers" extraction happens, it'll lead to more people just not watching TV at all, rather than paying more and reminiscing about the good-ol'-days.
I grew up in rural Canada. We had two channels (broadcast) because cable companies wouldn't service our area.
Once I moved out, I could barely afford to buy beer, let alone a cable package. With the internet providing endless amusement, it was a pretty easy choice: the beer won.
Today, I have a netflix account. The cable company is still getting their pound of flesh from me; my internet costs $80 a month. Oh how I miss the days of living downtown, where I could get cheap fibre...
I don't know why anyone would give a damn about having cable TV. It provides very little value for a very high price.
But it's nice having random channels to flip through and find something.
In the end, I've found that I like the additional viewing options and it's now my go to for immediate random watching.
Too often with netflix, amazon prime & hulu it was a pain to figure out what to watch.
However, I only got cable again after getting a better job. No better job, cable would be gone.