New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting

Re:New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting by lobotryas on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @07:00PM (#9768382)

I wish there was a "Cord Cutting" approach for the internet. It's easy to "Cord Cut" a TV - just don't buy one or don't subscribe to cable. The internet is much harder and, unfortunately, can be just as distracting. Even reading the day's news for an hour or more is rarely that beneficial (at least in my experience).

Unfortunately blocking sites by yourself via hosts doesn't work too well and I have yet to find a productive app that could live up to its promise.

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Re:New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting by oconnore on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @07:54PM (#9768617)

It's easy, it's just old school. Subscribe to high quality periodicals. Pay people who work full time to curate for you and you won't have to work part time to curate for yourself. Avoid rags that are willing to waste your time with filler.

The Economist is a good start, and I really enjoy the Baffler.

You don't have to entirely avoid "social curation" like HN or Reddit, but once you've replaced it with something less noisy, you can be more honest with yourself about how much that time is actually benefiting you.

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Re:New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting by Zigurd on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @08:04PM (#9768677)

There is a building in your town (almost) dedicated to dead tree media. They might have a couple computers for occasions when that's insufficient.

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Re:New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting by sampl on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @07:12PM (#9768429)

I do this by leave my laptop at work, leaving my smartphone in a drawer at home... and using a Nokia bar phone.

It might not be for everyone, but works for me.

http://www.amazon.com/NOKIA-301-2-FACTORY-UNLOCKED-QUADBAND/...

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Re:New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting by jaydub on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @07:35PM (#9768534)

It's coming hopefully...http://www.netblazr.com/

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Re:New Study Shows A Rise In Cord Cutting by run4yourlives2 on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @07:26PM (#9768496)

rescuetime. Check it out.

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