• aphonefriend
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    252 years ago

    50$ a month and you can bet your ass they will still shove ads down your throat eventually.

      • masterofn001
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        42 years ago

        Couldn’t you just use an antenna?

        Because … O(ver) T(he) A(ir)?

        I’m near Detroit and pick up ~50 channels with a $20 antenna.

        • @InvaderDJ@lemmy.world
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          42 years ago

          This is the best way, but it doesn’t work in every scenario. At my last apartment, I was basically unable to get OTA channels. Too much of the sky was blocked, and I think radio interference from a nearby military base didn’t help.

          In my current condo it works mostly well, but I do get some skipping and drops that can be annoying during a long game.

      • PaintedSnail
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        I live in a hole on the ground. Almost literally.

        Edit: Dammit, deleted the wrong post!

  • ikiru
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    122 years ago

    I can’t believe people still watch TV.

    • @squidzorz@lemmy.world
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      22 years ago

      I think live sports is really the only reason most people pay for TV anymore. The rest of the content is available online on one of the 3,000 streaming platforms.

    • @Default_Defect@midwest.social
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      22 years ago

      Yup, my mom is trying to cut down on some bills but guess the one thing they can’t bring themselves to cut because they can’t imagine using anything else to watch their shows?

      • ikiru
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        22 years ago

        True, I can understand if people are elderly, sorry for assuming that if it’s not the case. But it seems like this promo is for a platform for streamed “cable TV”. In that case, people might as well just have streamed individual shows or movies if they don’t know how to torrent.

  • PrimalAnimist
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    82 years ago

    I cancelled cable a few years ago and now use YouTube TV. I love it because I can record everything, never run out of DVR space. I can run 5 tvs with different shows on each. I can watch TV anywhere on my phone and laptop. I can stop on one device and pick back up on another. Well over 100 channels now (but I only really watch a handful). Every channel also has an on-demand section. Like TCM has what’s live but also a huge library to stream from.

    I have Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Peacock, Max…but if I had to just use one service, it would be YouTube TV. It follows me, and is not tied to my house. If I go visit another state, it will even switch to the local news wherever I am. It has, by far, the most content in one spot for one price.

    • ronalicious
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      32 years ago

      thing that got me w/ YTV, and got it ultimately canceled was trying to share it w/ a family in another state. that doesn’t fly, which was a huge bummer.

      • @greendakota99@lemmy.world
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        Was this a few years ago? This is no longer true.

        The past 3 years, I have shared the service with 3 friends, one of which lives in a different state and we have had no issues. You just add them to your Google Account as “family” and they login their own devices.

        There is some weirdness where YouTubeTV gives you 5 family shares, but only 3 total streams (outside your home’s WIFI) can be active at once. That’s why I limited the sharing to 3 total.

        You should give it another try!

        • @PsychedSy@lemmy.world
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          22 years ago

          I randomly swap family members and friends out sometimes, too. It’s pretty sweet being able to share all of my apps, books, games and yt.

  • @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org
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    12 years ago

    Gawd yeah I get Hulu Live, and it costs $80+ a month… the video constantly drops or the image becomes static. And I’ve never been bombarded with more jardiance musicals and balance of nature ads in my life. It’s just non stop stuff I will never ever buy.