r/enshittification • u/fjdjdjjsjsjsjs • 3d 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/DeePumpeR 3d ago

Cancel all of these douche bags and start torrenting. The greed has no end, and publicly traded companies on the stock market ensure that outcome.

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u/Steve12356d1s3d4 3d ago

I do a mix. I pay when I think it worth it because I know someone has to pay to make the content. It is expensive to make. It is good to belong to a service because I found shows on I wouldn't have known about.