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    From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to All on Saturday, August 29, 2026 22:17:30
    Streaming services are constantly increasing costs. Im thinking after baseball season, cancel Apple TV until April of next year. Id also cancel Apple
    Aracade. It would be like 7/mo of savings, but money is money.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Utopian Galt on Sunday, August 30, 2026 10:55:19
    Utopian Galt wrote to All <=-

    Streaming services are constantly increasing costs. Im thinking after baseball season, cancel Apple TV until April of next year. Id also
    cancel Apple Aracade. It would be like 7/mo of savings, but money is money.

    I like the idea of picking one streaming service and subscribing. If
    you see something on another service, cancel the old service and
    subscribe to the new one.

    I have 4 or 5 services now, and we rarely have time to watch any of
    them. Having one would solve that, and rotating them around would keep
    them fresh in mind.

    With a Roku, there are tons of ad-supported streaming services. If I
    were on a budget, I'd get rid of any paid service and see what's on
    Roku; I could probably spend a year sorting through the various free/inexpensive networks.



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  • From Matthew Munson@21:4/108 to Poindexter Fortran on Sunday, August 30, 2026 15:05:36
    On 8/30/2026 11:02 AM, Poindexter Fortran wrote to Utopian Galt:

    Streaming services are constantly increasing costs. Im thinking after baseball season, cancel Apple TV until April of next year. Id also cancel Apple Aracade. It would be like 7/mo of savings, but money is money.

    I like the idea of picking one streaming service and subscribing. If
    you see something on another service, cancel the old service and
    subscribe to the new one.

    I have 4 or 5 services now, and we rarely have time to watch any of
    them. Having one would solve that, and rotating them around would keep
    them fresh in mind.

    With a Roku, there are tons of ad-supported streaming services. If I
    were on a budget, I'd get rid of any paid service and see what's on
    Roku; I could probably spend a year sorting through the various free/inexpensive networks.
    As part of my rent for living with family, I have to shoulder the cable and internet bill. And its
    almost approaching 300 usd. But I get the ad supported Paramount/Hulu-Disney/Peacock/Fox. Netflix and
    Apple TV are not included, but yes, I pay for those as well.




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  • From Dundarach@21:1/193 to Matthew Munson on Monday, August 31, 2026 07:16:30
    Trouble I find with most of the streaming platforms is that they're slowly dropping anything out of the ordinary and concentrating on what sells.

    Netflix used to be okay for odd little things that no other broadcaster wanted to make, now it's just full of crime and stupid drama shows, cheaply made.

    They've become the prolitariate novel writing machines from 1984!

    And yes, each little one adds up, especially here in the U.K. with TV License too!

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