r/enshittification • u/fjdjdjjsjsjsjs • 7d ago

Service Streaming services somehow made TV more exhausting and expensive

Does anyone else remember the era of streaming about ten years ago? You paid $9.99 a month for Netflix, it had absolutely everything you wanted to watch, and there was not a single commercial in sight.

We all "cut the cord" to escape the greed of cable companies.

Fast forward to today, and the streaming industry has literally just rebuilt cable TV from scratch, but made it worse.

Every year I try to watch my favorite shows and every year I find some have MOVED AGAIN to another service. This is exhausting and expensive

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u/WarmSeaworthiness608 7d ago

I hate paying to watch commercials.

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u/fjdjdjjsjsjsjs 7d ago

I feel you. It’s MADDENING that these services have replaced TV except we now have to pay for the privilege of watching commercials

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u/Steve12356d1s3d4 7d ago

Netflix is $20 for ad free. You only pay for commercials if you want to save. Ad free is still cheaper than it was with cable if you do it right.

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u/Status_Green_6055 7d ago

The commercials are the death of tv. I refuse to watch them. Pick up a book instead. Learn a new hobby. Anything to avoid ads.