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So we all cut the cord to get away from restrictive, over-priced packages riddled with ads so we can end up with restrictive, over-priced packages riddled with

So we all cut the cord to get away from restrictive, over-priced packages riddled with ads so we can end up with restrictive, over-priced packages riddled with ads. Say hello to the new boss, I guess

mumblemumble 3y ago
My public library has thousands of DVD. More than I could watch in a lifetime, I think. There's even a bit of streaming. And, outside of the Disney stuff, none of it has ads I can't skip. All free. I mention this and someone always complains that that Game of Mad Men is Breaking the New Black isn't at the library. Which gets me thinking that the real boss might be our own consumerism.
- passwordoops 3y ago
  I'm not complaining. My kid loves it - the library has titles that are difficult to find or not in my streaming service du jour, plus she gets exposed to just plain discovery by browsing. Something targeted, personalized suggestions have taken away from us
- hotpotamus 3y ago
  I can't imagine the idea of a public library being proposed in modern times. I'm glad that my local system is there and they seem very dedicated to serving the public.
- danaris 3y ago
  I am absolutely and wholeheartedly in favor of public libraries. They're fantastic places, and deserve and need much more support than they've got. But the idea that just because some crappy knock-offs and overdone franchises exist, every piece of entertainment media is just interchangeable with every other one, and no one should ever be upset that they can't easily access the specific piece of media they want to see, is just absurd on the face of it.
diyftw 3y ago
People who "cut the cord" yet signed up for the various alternatives didn't really cut anything. They just plugged their cord into a different hole.
mcpackieh 3y ago
If you dropped cable/satellite only to resume watching TV daily on streaming services, are you really a cord cutter, truly? If watching a television for hours a day is still how you burn your free time, if television shows are still your go-to topic for smalltalk, if this television programming still preoccupies so much of your mind that cancelling your streaming services and not replacing them with another kind of television service seems inconceivable, then have you truly cut the cord? The real cord is that ethereal tether between you and the tube, cut that if you want to be free. It took me a few years to realize this, but cancelling your cable subscription only to spend just as much time staring at the same television mindlessly 'consuming content' on netflix or prime is fundamentally the same lifestyle.

So we all cut the cord to get away from restrictive, over-priced packages riddled with ads so we can end up with restrictive, over-priced packages riddled with ads. Say hello to the new boss, I guess

mumblemumble 3y ago

My public library has thousands of DVD. More than I could watch in a lifetime, I think. There's even a bit of streaming. And, outside of the Disney stuff, none of it has ads I can't skip. All free. I mention this and someone always complains that that Game of Mad Men is Breaking the New Black isn't at the library. Which gets me thinking that the real boss might be our own consumerism.

passwordoops 3y ago
I'm not complaining. My kid loves it - the library has titles that are difficult to find or not in my streaming service du jour, plus she gets exposed to just plain discovery by browsing. Something targeted, personalized suggestions have taken away from us
hotpotamus 3y ago
I can't imagine the idea of a public library being proposed in modern times. I'm glad that my local system is there and they seem very dedicated to serving the public.
danaris 3y ago
I am absolutely and wholeheartedly in favor of public libraries. They're fantastic places, and deserve and need much more support than they've got. But the idea that just because some crappy knock-offs and overdone franchises exist, every piece of entertainment media is just interchangeable with every other one, and no one should ever be upset that they can't easily access the specific piece of media they want to see, is just absurd on the face of it.

diyftw 3y ago

People who "cut the cord" yet signed up for the various alternatives didn't really cut anything. They just plugged their cord into a different hole.

mcpackieh 3y ago

If you dropped cable/satellite only to resume watching TV daily on streaming services, are you really a cord cutter, truly? If watching a television for hours a day is still how you burn your free time, if television shows are still your go-to topic for smalltalk, if this television programming still preoccupies so much of your mind that cancelling your streaming services and not replacing them with another kind of television service seems inconceivable, then have you truly cut the cord? The real cord is that ethereal tether between you and the tube, cut that if you want to be free. It took me a few years to realize this, but cancelling your cable subscription only to spend just as much time staring at the same television mindlessly 'consuming content' on netflix or prime is fundamentally the same lifestyle.