Affording to watch popular television dramas

[mtbc]

I can't help but notice television streaming services raising their prices again. Most of them don't carry enough that I want to be worth the price they ask. I used to cover for this by subscribing to the couple that do while using DVD-by-post rental for late catchup on the one or two shows that I may want from each of the others. Though, Disney seemed to be tending not to release their shows also on DVD, and the by-mail services have also been growing more expensive, or ending altogether.

I wonder where this is going and how people respond. Fortunately, I don't have much time for engaging dramas at the moment anyway, and what's available for free here largely covers me. Still, I suspect that VPN services are doing well these days.

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[thewayne]

Right now, the only streaming that I'm directly paying for is Netflix, and I'm considering cancelling that as we're just not using it. I've dropped Disney, HBO, and Acorn or BritBox, I don't remember which we picked up. I'll resume Disney when Dr. Who starts airing, or maybe wait until the season is over and we'll binge it in a month or two and drop it again.

I remember when TiVo with cable was awesome, and then it was a DVR built into our satellite receiver. And for the most part, programming was more appealing - Food Network wasn't the Food Competition Network then and you could learn something from watching it. But now? Just not interested in watching.