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Voltaire2

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26. CableTvCo took over the streaming business.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 03:27 PM

Dec 12

Or rather, once a capitalist commodity market gets 'built out', growth, which is required in order to increase shareholder value, can only occur by monopolization of the market and enshittification of the commodity. Both are occurring now in the cable/streaming market.

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YouTubeTV to increase subscription price by $10 a month; $82.99 [View all] Auggie Dec 12 OP

Sling is going up, from $42. to $47. Meadowoak Dec 12 #1

I think I will stick with DirecTV. Emile Dec 12 #2

I left DirecTV because when my service went out they came out and they replaced Fullduplexxx Dec 12 #3

So they tried to bill you. I hope that meant they Emile Dec 12 #6

They tried meaning I dropped DirecTV and didn't pay the bill. They then proceeded to call me on a regular basis Fullduplexxx Dec 12 #10

OMG, these companies are something else! Emile Dec 12 #13

When I broke up with DirecTV, it was an absolute nightmare berniesandersmittens Dec 12 #12

After hearing Fullduplexxx story with DirecTV, I believe you! Emile Dec 12 #14

I'm canceling. Basso8vb Dec 12 #4

The cord cutters thought they'd always beat the cable rates. jimfields33 Dec 12 #7

I've stuck with cable because moonscape Dec 12 #19

Totally get all those. jimfields33 Dec 12 #25

TiVo isn't needed for video on demand LearnedHand Dec 12 #28

Yeah, but my Tivos are a moonscape Dec 12 #29

My wife and I "cut the cord" and don't regret it at all. hunter Dec 13 #33

I'm glad. It's really great that you can buy books with the jimfields33 Dec 13 #35

I willstick it out for now. ProudMNDemocrat Dec 12 #5

I told everyone for years that Blue_Tires Dec 12 #8

yup Skittles Dec 13 #31

Me too. I wanted to keep it into January to watch the College Football Nat. Championship, but hlthe2b Dec 12 #9

I'd pay proportionately more for an ala carte service. I don't watch 95% of the crap available. Auggie Dec 12 #11

can't do that Skittles Dec 13 #32

By my calculations, that's an additional $50 million in revenue per month. Duncan Grant Dec 12 #15

Isn't that just a cable bill at that point? Sympthsical Dec 12 #16

I'll stick with my $10 a month Apple+ Coventina Dec 12 #17

Bought a smart TV DeepWinter Dec 12 #18

As a trial maybe. Not forever. PeaceWave Dec 12 #20

Well DeepWinter Dec 12 #21

You're saying you've had YouTube TV free for 5 months? PeaceWave Dec 12 #23

So far DeepWinter Dec 12 #24

Are you sure it isn't just 'YouTube'? Voltaire2 Dec 12 #27

I was an early adaptor to YouTube TV ThePartyThatListens Dec 12 #22

CableTvCo took over the streaming business. Voltaire2 Dec 12 #26

I saw that. Streaming has turned out to be worse than freaking cable ecstatic Dec 12 #30

It is the new cable dalton99a Dec 13 #34

People act as if television is a necessity like clean safe water coming from the taps. hunter Dec 13 #36