I stuck it to those cable companies a few years ago. I
really showed them when I “cut the cord” and canceled my cable subscription!
I’m tired of your high prices. I’m going to get all my TV
from the internet now. I don’t even need a home phone anymore.
That’s right, I don’t need you. Come get your stupid cable
boxes! Wait, except for the internet modem and router. I’m still going to need
those.
How much is it for just internet? You’re kidding me. OK,
well, that’s still cheaper than your stupid cable TV, so I’m good.
Let me just buy a separate Roku box for every TV in the
house so we can start streaming. OK, that wasn’t exactly cheap, but check us
out, just streaming away. Umm… where did all the TV shows go?
They’re all on Hulu? OK, let me just subscribe to Hulu. OK,
there’s all the shows. What’s that? I can get them without commercials for just
a few dollars more? Done.
What about movies? Netflix, you say? OK, great, let me just
pay for that. Using it on more than one TV? That will be extra. Yippee.
Is that new movie we wanted to see on Netflix? No? What
movies are on Netflix? Hmm… Those are pretty old.
Hey, you know what’s cool? We already pay for Amazon Prime,
so we’ll be able to get tons of movies from that. Let me just fire that up.
Wow, look at all the movies listed. Let’s watch this one. Why is it asking me
to pay for it? I already pay for this. What’s that? Oh, some of these cost extra?
Where’s the free stuff? Ah, it’s over here on this really short list. Super.
OK, now where are all the sports? On Hulu? No. Netflix or
Amazon? Nope. Looks like I can pay the individual sports leagues to watch games
on their apps. Just not my home teams. Those need to be blacked out just in
case someone who was a fan wanted to see them play. Makes sense.
What now? Oh, YouTube TV has arrived. They will show me all
the sports any time I want. Great! Let me just get that. How much did you say
it was? That’s not too bad… Wait. Per month?!?!? Holy crap, that’s almost as
much as I pay the cable company for the internet to make all this stuff work in
the first place.
Well, sign me up, I guess. We need sports, after all. And I’m
probably still paying less than I did for cable. Maybe? I’m afraid to add it
all up.
OK, that covers everything. We can watch most TV shows, we
can pay to rent movies any time we want, and we can watch sports as long as we
don’t eat much or drive any of the cars. All set.
What’s that, now? Disney what? Disney+? What is that? Disney
is pulling all their content from everywhere else and making me pay for a
special Disney channel to see it? And all the Marvel movies, too?
No! This is the last straw! I can’t keep buying these different
streaming services. The total bill is getting out of han… Wait, they’re making
new Star Wars stuff? Disney+ has a completely new storyline called The Mandalorian?
What is it? I must know. Wait, it has what?!?
Baby Yoda?!?!?!?!?!?!
Shut up and take my money!
See you soon,
-Smidge
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