The average U.S. citizen spent $42.38 on streaming services each month in 2024, down 23% from last year, a new report found
  • Stern@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    not shocking. streaming stuff like netflix was supposed to be the cheap, content filled ad free alternative to cable. increasingly its not cheap as line must go up, its not content filled as every network makes their own bullshit service, and its not ad free either.

    • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      At least the ads on broadcast TV are placed appropriately in breaks throughout the TV programming. Some of the streaming services seem to inject ads wherever they feel like, sometimes in mid sentence. It completely turns me off of those streaming services.

  • Donkter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    One service at a time. I used to be able to stand having Netflix and branching out to Hulu if there was something to watch but at this point even one service is charging too much money. I’ve found my free streaming sites otherwise.

  • jet@hackertalks.comMEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Or less fatigue, but when companies raise prices people reevaluate if they will keep the service…

    I.e. geowizard went from $2 a month for premium to $10… What I was happy leaving on in the background to support a small developer became a easy and emphatic no.

    The paper says cable satellite spending grew last year by 11%… That’s not new customer growth, that’s squeezing existing customers. Maybe this difference is a generational difference, boomers just eat the price increase and take it, younger people turn off the service and reject it.

  • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    That and everything is getting expensive so people are cutting unnecessary expenses so they can afford food

    • jet@hackertalks.comMEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Dropout.tv ? It’s not really a large streaming service, its a niche comedy groups ongoing shows - more like pateron exclusive content vs netflix

      I like dropout, and the crew, but if you switched to dropout as your only media source, you would burn through everything in a month or two