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Re:The rise and fall of a Halifax man's illegal TV streaming... by LegibleCrimson on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @12:12PM (#39757241)
Most people I know went from dealing with live TV, high prices, and having to pirate what wasn't airing to paying for one or two streaming services to get everything they want. Then half of them kept getting new services and pay more than they did for cable in the first place, and the other half rotate services, pay less than they did for cable, and still have to wait to watch what they want and pirate some things.

It's better than cable was, no argument, but it's like we passed right through the bright future, ripe with possibilities, and landed at marginal improvement.

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Re:The rise and fall of a Halifax man's illegal TV streaming... by ghaff on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @12:30PM (#39757478)
I guess in my case, there's just very little that I feel I have to watch. So a few streaming services is fine and every now and then I'll buy/rent something a la carte either digital or physical. And once in a great while I wish I had live TV but not enough to pay for it. (I can't get anything over the air.) So, overall, it feels like a vast improvement and much cheaper.
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Re:The rise and fall of a Halifax man's illegal TV streaming... by LegibleCrimson on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @01:15PM (#39758013)
I feel the same way, but people I know like their TV and I don't judge them for that. I have my own idle happinesses. If my favorite things to do were available on the same terms as modern television, I'd probably be pretty unhappy about it.
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Re:The rise and fall of a Halifax man's illegal TV streaming... by ghaff on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @02:16PM (#39758677)
Fair enough. Certainly, many people watch sports and/or like to have the TV on as background. And then they end up, as you say, either adding on a lot of services so they have access to "everything." (Or they have to spend effort managing their subscriptions.)
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