Exactly right, and I don't understand how people don't notice this already. Cable packages are deliberate. The crossover between channels is low, but those why

Exactly right, and I don't understand how people don't notice this already. Cable packages are deliberate. The crossover between channels is low, but those why watch TNT (for example) help pay for TBS, which they may not watch, and vice versa. Not to mention that the cable provider is subsidizing subscriptions back to the content provider, so while you may only pay $3 to ESPN (which you don't watch, of course), Comcast is also paying for the right to carry it.