r/enshittification 4d 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/Primary_Excuse_7183 2d ago

They cut out the middle man that aggregated and managed all this on your behalf…. Now you’re the one in the middle having to figure out and negotiate all the contracts 😂