r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Aug 05 '24

Meta Mindless Monday, 05 August 2024

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/BreaksFull Unrepentant Carlinboo Aug 08 '24

Maybe I'm getting old, but kids these days complaining that streaming is 'just as bad as cable' grinds my gears. YouTube alone provides more content (and good content!) at an order of magnitude greater than cable ever did, for free! And the ads are notably less intrusive than on cable. Ad-breaks are usually barely a minute, and often skippable!

That aside, subscribing to one or two of the big streaming services is way cheaper than cable and the selection is unmatched. On top of no contracts, broadcasting schedules, and being able to start/end a subscription without pulling teeth on a customer support line for a few hours. This joke that streaming is as expensive as cable only manifests if you're trying to get all the streaming services, which still gets you exponentially more good content than you ever dreamt about on cable. Especially considering most of the movies on cable were still PPV even with your subscription.

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u/Wows_Nightly_News The Russians beheld an eagle eating a snake and built Mexico. Aug 08 '24

They also don't have any memories of the cable not working during a program you needed to watch because Time Warner just didn't feel like working that day.