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The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices (arstechnica.com)

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For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn't want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

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[-] salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

despite the fact that I’ve watched half of them already and ignored the other half for months now

What's up with that anyway? You don't have to have a fancy algorithm to not show me the things I've watched already!

Also congrats on finding new hobbies. Sometimes we forget that there's life outside of screens. Or perhaps not many have the energy for anything beyond staring at the black mirror.

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