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US pay-TV subscriber base eroding at record pace::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ten here, for the same reason. It was weird calling tech support when my internet went down and they’d say ‘Does your television still work?’ Bitch, I dunno, it’s not even connected to anything, I use streaming.

The funniest was when satellite television companies showed up at my door to pitch me, obviously based on lists of competitors’ customers they’d purchased. ‘We’re x dollars cheaper with less downtime.’ ‘Okay, but I don’t use the cable service, just the internet and I stream everything.’ ‘Oh… uh we’ll give you DVR for free.’ Bitch, do you know what streaming is? I don’t have to manage recording and saving shit that still has advertisements. Your model is dead, stop trying to sell me its corpse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Is your typewriter still working?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

pssssh I can’t hear you. pssh
Please speak clearly into the cone on the wall.
psssssshh