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Netflix is raising their prices again. Spotify just raised their prices… (feddit.online)

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Streaming prices are out of hand. What are cheaper alternatives?

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For videos, how about just …. Not?

People used to be glued to the tv, the “idiot box”, consuming whatever media offered by a few dominant companies and on their schedule. Despite “free” (with ads) broadcasting we all opted for expensive (with ads) cable and let them drastically raise prices. We had a brief renaissance with streaming, lead by Netflix, but they’re becoming “the new ComCast”. Ever increasing prices, shittier service, hostile to customers.

Video is no longer the only option to decompress after work and they keep making it worse. It’s time to just say no

[–] Sv443@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Genuinely pisses me off to read comments like this. People are asking for a solution to a problem and instead they get this self-righteous "oh why don't you just do something entirely different" shit. I swear it's 100x worse on Lemmy than on Reddit too.
I know it isn't coming from a place of ill intent but still.

[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

it reads to me like their solution is to cancel it. What other solutions could there be?

[–] Sv443@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

OP asked about alternative streaming platforms

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ok, my solution is to just not. I’ve cut way back on my consumption of tvs and movies. They’re just not worth it anymore and I have many other choices for mindless entertainment