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200,000 users abandon Netflix after crackdown backfires
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Subscription models are so monumentally better than cable that it's unreal. It is absolutely not a "huge" amount of money compared to the alternative of cable+"premium channels" which was the only way to even begin to approach the level of content currently available via streaming.
Maybe it's better than cable but it's still not worth the money in my opinion. All my subs are just idling (the two I have left). There is nothing good on there and it sucks paying for something I don't use just in case there will be a show worth watching in the future.
I'm not in the habit of dictating financial choices for others. If it's not worth it you, I totally respect that. 10 years ago I would not have subscribed to more than one service, which I would probably have rotated (if they existed), because I wouldn't be able to afford it.
It is not, however, a worse deal than cable/dish networks, just as a matter of comparison. You'd face the same content problems but pay the same or more for even more content you are not interested in.
I went without any sort of cable/dish for a long time, until my wife got a sweet deal through her work, because it didn't make financial sense to us. It was still a bit of a rip-off even at the discounted rate because there was little content we actually wanted.