Today's prompt

[missdiane]

Today asks: What streaming service do you use the most?

I don't think I watch any of them all that much. Reminds me that I need to watch more Star Wars content on Disney+ before canceling that. Other than that, I don't think YouTube counts since I only subscribe to premium to get rid of commercials but I don't subscribe to YouTubeTV anymore.

It's interesting that I've gone without regular cable TV for several years now and don't miss it at all. What a waste of money it was.

Comments

[spiffikins]

My last cable company bill was $201 - I really need to look into getting rid of my cable tv and probably the voip phone - I never use the phone and I have my cell phone. I would need to start bringing the phone upstairs at night in case I get an overnight emergency call - since I don't hear the cell phone ringing from downstairs - but I could learn to do that, I'm sure.

With my roku stick, I figured out I can watch the local news when I'm eating dinner - which was really the big thing that was holding me back - not having access to local broadcast news.

The other thing that is holding me back is - right now I have tivo/dvr - everything is in one place. If something looks interesting, I tell tivo to record it and it shows up in the list. If I get rid of cable - then everything is in distinct locations - some shows are on hulu, some are on paramount+ some on disney+ some netflix, some on roku stick - and I'm going to have to work harder to a)remember which shows I want to watch, since they won't be just sitting in my queue, reminding me that I want to watch them and b) remember *where* to watch them.

That being said - I'm not going to hurt for content so it may work out fine - I just will watch whatever pops up and not really worry about keeping up with any particular shows.

[threecee]

My only subscription is Netflix - I just changed the subscription to the new $6.99 one with ads. I grew up with ads, so I know how to ignore them while still not missing any of the show.

My only other streaming service is Vudu which has no subscription and many shows are free with ads. (Mostly TV and old movies) You can rent the more recent movies for $1.99 - $3.99.

Local broadcast has been flaky since they switched to digital. I can always get CBS, often PBS, but get ABC and NBC only if the weather is clear and not windy. Since my antenna is indoors, I guess the weather affects the broadcast towers? Since I can get all the local news from their websites I'm not missing much, but am hoping my new indoor antenna will help.