‘Too many things unaffordable:’ Biden fires up price wars as inflation cools

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‘Too many things unaffordable:’ Biden fires up price wars as inflation cools
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Worrying about the price of cable is the most boomer shit I've ever heard of.

Cable companies having a monopoly on internet in most areas affect almost everyone and should be dealt with though (it won't be though).

Right?

At my address, my choices for high speed Internet are Comcast or Go Fuck Yourself.

If you look at other countries like Germany you can get high speed 400mbps for around $30-35 a month. Fiber isn't as available in a lot of areas but it is expanding and you can get 1000mbps for $45 a month.

US cable companies are price gouging customers so bad. And that's all while getting money from the government to fund their infrastructure expansions.

"People are paying too much for television packages and don't have options to change it!"

"Yeah Grandpa, we figured this out in 2010."

Yeah, just pay $20 a month across 16 different streaming services that all have siloed content! It's so much better now! /s

We figured this out by pirating shit.

Amen. It's like piracy is the only governing force in capitalism anymore since there seems to be no regulation otherwise. The old cable monopoly is just now the multi-threaded streaming monopoly.

don't forget that you can't even use those without a $60+/m internet connection!