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Americans’ New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/business/media/streaming-subscription-jumping.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mE0.gkYN.ZVETPZsd24_K

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  • Gloria@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For me it is: Torrent. Leech. Seed. Repeat.

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    • minibyte@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      🏴‍☠️

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  • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not my habit…that subscribe never happens nor does the cancel because they don’t deserve my money.

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    NYT saying it like it’s a bad thing. This is a vast improvement over subscribing to a cable channel and then having to hurdle through seven levels of customer retention just to cancel.

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    • sudo42@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Just a matter of time before they start to heavily limit our ability to cancel.

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