• @SCB@lemmy.world
    English
    5•2 years 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
      6•2 years 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
        6•2 years 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•2 years 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
          2•2 years 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.