For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

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  • dan1101@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m on a Disney/Hulu bundle for $19.99, that isn’t bad. Hopefully that won’t change. But as soon as Ahsoka is over I plan to cancel.

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        1 year ago

        This is what happened to cable too I think. My grandpa was saying back in the day cable was what you got to avoid ads

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          1 year ago

          thats right. broadcast had tons of ads and also had no cursing/sex etc. cable came along with no ads and tons of cursing and sex etc.

          and of course broadcast was a big deal originally because people didnt want to pay 25 cents to watch a movie.

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        1 year ago

        I can’t see any removing the ad free option, they’ll just make it more expensive.