It's not a static game you pay once for and then expect to remain the same.
(And I haven't subscribed to cable TV in a long time, but when I did, the channel lineup was absolutely in flux, with channels getting added and removed as time went on.)
They’ve added tons and tons more content than they’ve removed. Net-net you have more content than you bought.
Like adding 10 channels and then taking away the hallmark channel.
I've been paying for Netflix - this month they probably took off 20~30 movies due to licenses ending.
You're gonna say, hold on, I haven't had a chance to watch all those yet.
Or if I paid for the costco membership for a year and then they take some product off the shelf and I say - hold on I haven't had the opportunity to purchase that yet.
Nothing in our society works this way
Also: it is entirely reasonable if I decided to cancel a Costco membership if they stopped carrying items I want. The same goes for Netflix, but they have less of an excuse from this perspective because as a consumer I don't care about licensing. At all.
They have, at least for content if not entire channels (don't have MLB Package or NFL Sunday Ticket? Too bad...enjoy the blackout). So have the streaming services. I'm mildly upset by it, but they've made it clear my only alternative is 'FU...cancel if you don't like it'.
edit: spelling
Isn't this about people getting upset over Rockstar removing cars they didn't pay for though?
Yes. They changed the game you paid for by removing content. What if your cable provider removed a bunch of channels you pay for, but haven’t watched yet, and turned them into PPV channels. Would you be upset? I would.