Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power

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Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power
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Streaming has ultimately taught me how little I 'need' to watch since it trains you to really only seek out a couple things per service. I've also become very advertisment sensitive being blessed with tools to avoid that and companies honeymooning people for a while with fewer ads compared to what cable did.

Obviously, the dipshits are springing their 'trap' but I'm not bullish on the strategy of forcing consumers to suddenly tolerate a return of ads everywhere and always on entertainment. I just see folks running away again/further disconnecting from traditional media.

Yup. The high seas are looking more attractive every day.

And the tools to emulate the good parts of streaming with a home setup have never been better.

The search for something to watch and to evaluate what streaming service I should subscribe for the next 2 months or so has become so tedious and the overall quality so low that I'm simply giving up on them as a whole. The price increase and ads weren't even necessary to drive me away. They only ensure I will not come back.