Streaming was only ever the answer to another avenue to make money. And because it came from an ultra unchecked capatilistic environment, it was always going to get more and more expensive and middle class people would always suffer the most because of that environment.

It's only gonna keep getting more expensive. It can't exist without growing more and more. That's The very nature of it.

exactly. that is why i went to bootleg TV. i stream with adevice. but it is challenging. everytime i leave, i have to reboot the bootleg system. it is annoying but i was paying a LOT with all the streaming channels and trying to remember which show was on which was frustrating

Welcome to capitalism. (Very few movies are worth watching.)

Profiteering is the cause of inflation. Capitalism must be overthrown

I watch Tubi, some YouTube content, and a couple of other free services.
No, I don't get acess to everything, but I won't pay to watch ads.
Yes, these services have ads, but I am not paying for them.
YouTube often makes me angriest; the ads are peppered so much throughout the content that I just give up on watching it.

We are dumping Several!!

I don’t watch much, but I only use prime video, which is on a per-movie, per-episode basis rather than subscription model.
If I watched a ton it probably wouldn’t be worth it, but I probably pay less this way than I would for Netflix.

It's bound to get even more expensive with the recent acquisitions, like Paramount of Warner Brothers. They are building monopolies in the US.

The solution, turn the TV off.

I used to pay $200 plus a month for directv until I got streaming services from them now I pay less than half that, same amount of tvs and same channels and same service if not better, now my tv doesn’t go out in storms or heavy cloud cover

You are absolutely correct.

I've never given a single cent to a streaming service and I never will.

No, we're not haha.

It's a choice. If you don't like the choice you're making, change it.

And that's why I don't pay for any streaming services. I used to have Netflix, but once they lied and said you can't share a screen with anyone not in the same house structure you reside in, even though you pay for an extra screen, is when I left them. So I watch YouTube free with an ad blocker on PC and Pluto TV here and there.

It's all about one thing: advertising. Look at TV in the 1950s. They would advertise products in the middle of the show, because having the show go to a commercial break wasn't a thing yet.

i only watch what i find at local library and use their internet free

Which is why I have given up on all of them. I rent what I want occasionally and buy a BluRay if it's something special.

2012 was 14 years ago. Prices for everything rise over that many years.

But keep complaining if you think it will change anything. 🤷‍♂

Basic cable here and internet.
It's usually mostly reruns I watch or a movie that I've usually several times before. It's all what one gets used to i guess. I already pay the system too much, their not going to squeeze more out of me and it's not because of spite, I just don't have the cash th!o spare. Not at all how I'd like it, but can't change it . I'm good with old rerun movies, better than most new ones anyway. I've never streamed anything. Not sure I'd even know how.

Now you pay for everything.
As well as having your eyeballs pumped with advertising..

We were the customer. Now we pay for the privilege…

The Internet is nothing but some 'puter nerds greedscheme. Like TV, it is a vast wasteland and a waste of time.