• SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    1 year ago

    So we have not actually returned to the “age of cable?”

    Like if cable sucks, it’s definitely not the age of cable.

    • dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      Kinda, kinda not.

      The shitty thing about cable was that you had to buy basic cable just to get in the door, then each of the 5 most popular channels were in separate packages that added 15 bucks each.

      For a short while you could access almost everything on one streaming site for $15. Then slowly it began to fragment to the point where each service in theory has a nearly infinite library, but in practice you need 4+ subscriptions to access all the content most people want to watch. So it’s back to the same core reason cable sucked.

      • ngdev@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        Yes, those points you made contribute to the reason why cable sucked. Though I think the core reason cable sucked was that it was a subscription with mandatory minimum periods, like a year or whatever. For the time being (I don’t have any streaming service accounts, mind you), you can at least just pay for a month of Netflix, binge everything you want to watch, then cancel and pay for a month of the next streaming service that has the content you want. For the time being.

        • dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Fair point. That was never really a huge deal for me because my watching habits tend to be pretty stable, so signing up for a year minimum wasnt a big deal. But that is a place where streaming is still better.

        • Kinglink@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          Though I think the core reason cable sucked was that it was a subscription with mandatory minimum periods, like a year or whatever.

          You can “think” anything, but that wasn’t a thing for most places I lived, nor a big problem. But if you’re going to make up your own problem and say it doesn’t exist now, ok.

          • ngdev@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Right, I can think that. It’s an opinion. It’s also not a made up problem, and it doesn’t exist now. Yet. Which was the real point I was trying to make. Just anticipating that someone will do it, make you sign up for a year of netflix instead of month to month for example.

            Never did I imply you made an invalid point and even agree with you. But if you want to make this into some argument for whatever reason, ok.