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1. Lauren Weinstein (lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Feb-2023 12:35:45 JST Lauren Weinstein

   The bundling video streaming services are rapidly becoming indistinguishable from the cable services' behaviors that inspired so-called "cord cutters" cancelling cable TV services in preference for Internet-only services.

   Prices keep going up as they include more and more "niche" channels with small viewerships, that nobody would pay for if they weren't forced to as the price of receiving the channels that they actually want to see. This often includes forcing sports channels on people who loathe sports channels.

   • Adrian Cochrane (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Feb-2023 12:37:31 JST Adrian Cochrane

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     @lauren I'm happy to pay to pay for individual shows, but I want DRM-free downloads! If these "streaming services" don't want to give me that, I'll see what other options are out there.

     So far I'm loving most of what I'm finding!