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If you account for all the content discrepancies between each online video provider...ditching cable doesn't actually make much economic sense. The one reason I

If you account for all the content discrepancies between each online video provider...ditching cable doesn't actually make much economic sense. The one reason I think many people -are- ditching cable is not because it's cheaper (when you're actually paying for it) it's that people are sharing accounts and don't bear the full brunt of the cost.

serge2k 10y ago
On demand shows and no ads.
jethro_tell 10y ago
Or because I don't want ads, I want stuff on demand, I want my accounts to be independent of my physical location, I can pick and choose the services I'm subscribed to, and finally I want to use a streaming box for everything not a cable box, and streaming box, and a dvd player.
- takno 10y ago
  Well, that was why I got Amazon Prime, and then they introduced ads. Albeit only ones for their content, but I didn't want to get constantly "informed" about a series I'd already completely watched between every damn episode of the thing I'd chosen to watch. If I run out of stuff to watch on Netflix I doubt Amazon will be my next port of call
  - jethro_tell 10y ago
    Yeah, I won't get everything with all of these providers, but I try to prioritize my spending toward the companies that match the closest to what I want. Netflix tends to be at the top.
- partiallypro 10y ago
  Ads have been rendered useless with DVR, and most every cable and satelite provider has online streaming for free as a part of their offering. Most of those streaming services work on virtually every console and standalone streamers like AppleTV and Roku. None of what you said holds water when you look at it objectively and economically. I hate cable companies as much as the next guy, but if you actually compare your budget on cable vs streaming, you'll often find that streaming costs more if you're trying to get close to the same offerings.
  - ghaff 10y ago
    It really depends. There's very little that I watch on my TiVo or real-time. I certainly watch more through Amazon/Netflix plus DVDs. Pretty much the only thing that keeps me from dropping cable TV is the fact that I can't get anything OTA so dropping cable TV would mean dropping TV 100%. (I do periodically toy with the idea of idea of dropping down to non-HD basic cable. But it's a bit like dropping landline phone service. It would save some $$s but I would be giving up a service that I use, albeit lightly.)
kbutler 10y ago
You're asserting that with cable you can watch what you want when you want? Never had that cable subscription.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  Between many channels on-demand programming and DVR, cable often isn't too far from "what you want when you want".
rconti 10y ago
Ditching cable doesn't make economic sense if you're watching everything they're sending your way.

serge2k 10y ago

On demand shows and no ads.

jethro_tell 10y ago

Or because I don't want ads, I want stuff on demand, I want my accounts to be independent of my physical location, I can pick and choose the services I'm subscribed to, and finally I want to use a streaming box for everything not a cable box, and streaming box, and a dvd player.

takno 10y ago
Well, that was why I got Amazon Prime, and then they introduced ads. Albeit only ones for their content, but I didn't want to get constantly "informed" about a series I'd already completely watched between every damn episode of the thing I'd chosen to watch. If I run out of stuff to watch on Netflix I doubt Amazon will be my next port of call
- jethro_tell 10y ago
  Yeah, I won't get everything with all of these providers, but I try to prioritize my spending toward the companies that match the closest to what I want. Netflix tends to be at the top.
partiallypro 10y ago
Ads have been rendered useless with DVR, and most every cable and satelite provider has online streaming for free as a part of their offering. Most of those streaming services work on virtually every console and standalone streamers like AppleTV and Roku. None of what you said holds water when you look at it objectively and economically. I hate cable companies as much as the next guy, but if you actually compare your budget on cable vs streaming, you'll often find that streaming costs more if you're trying to get close to the same offerings.
- ghaff 10y ago
  It really depends. There's very little that I watch on my TiVo or real-time. I certainly watch more through Amazon/Netflix plus DVDs. Pretty much the only thing that keeps me from dropping cable TV is the fact that I can't get anything OTA so dropping cable TV would mean dropping TV 100%. (I do periodically toy with the idea of idea of dropping down to non-HD basic cable. But it's a bit like dropping landline phone service. It would save some $$s but I would be giving up a service that I use, albeit lightly.)

kbutler 10y ago

You're asserting that with cable you can watch what you want when you want? Never had that cable subscription.

dragonwriter 10y ago
Between many channels on-demand programming and DVR, cable often isn't too far from "what you want when you want".

rconti 10y ago

Ditching cable doesn't make economic sense if you're watching everything they're sending your way.