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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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