Nearly 75% of Americans are frustrated that the streaming platform they subscribe to keeps raising their prices. With 40% having cut back their streaming subscriptions in the last three months due to financial concerns and rising costs of living.
These companies continue to raise prices, hoping inertia will prevent most people from switching. This is true not only for streaming sites but also for all these platforms.
We need to move away from businesses that exploit their monopolies and try to get your content or goods directly, where possible.
Some alternatives you can check out…
Media:
- Nebula
- Dropout TV
- Corridor Digital
Music:
- Qobuz (buy directly from artists)
- Soundcloud (artist-driven)
- Bandcamp (buy directly from artists)
The same principle applies to Uber, Amazon and many others.
It’s probably “included” in a bundle that’s distributing the cost. My parents get “”“free”“” netflix and something else with a higher cable bill.
In this specific case she just doesn’t use it and pays for it outright (no cable) and is unwilling to cancel. She only watches TikTok snippets of Chinese dramas on her phone. There’s always a child screaming or someone about to be hit by a train for max drama. I worry about her. Having aging parents is weird
My mom’s been obsessively watching AI slop about “dr Sanji Gupta’s miracle pink gelatin” weight loss thing… this week, it’s an obviously fake Kathy Bates talking about how ozempic nearly killed her and thanks to close collaberation with “dr Gupta” shewas able to lose 150 pounds.
A. She was on mounjaro.
B. She openly credits her weight loss to lifestyle changes and working out for a solid year.
My mom doesn’t want to hear it. She just keeps watching this slop.
Omg that is so frustrating! Gotta laugh so you don’t cry I guess. It’s like they get stuck on a topic and can’t do anything else for a while.
My mom has really rigid thinking and finally got divorced, thank god, so she is all about doing whatever she wants all the time, with some odd results. I don’t want to control her, but I do get concerned when it feels outside the bounds of normal behavior. I see her often and try to challenge her beliefs because it feels like she reads something once and then believes it forever, if it’s from someone she views as an authority figure. She’s an engineer and not dumb or senile (yet) but has a hard time accepting new beliefs. The kind of person who thinks something is wrong because it’s illegal, and when I asked if the same thing would be right if it were legalized (gay marriage, weed, etc) she short-circuits. It isn’t even due to age because those conversations were half my life ago. Strange for me because I’m the opposite–every day I change my opinions . I tell her things I know a lot about and studied in my education that she paid for and she won’t listen, but will if a man tells her the same thing, e.g. using Metamucil, which I recommended but which she only adopted because a male coworker told her to. I push her a little because it’s good for your brain and I want her life to be as full as possible but I have to walk that line of making sure I’m not dictating.
Seems she puts herself in strict categories and can’t view life as ever-changing. She’s like an anti-Buddhist lol. Sorry for the personal rant you just struck a chord.