Such a thoughtful take on ownership in this modern hellscape! This is definitely something I think about constantly and it feels nice to see it put down into words.
Much appreciated! After reading Amusing Ourselves to Death (highly recommend), it really put me off of just watching things to watch in general. I want to be more thoughtful about it
I love this idea, we can get so bogged down in the availability of any and all media, detaching from it feels like prying cold dead fingers off my arm at times.
I pay for a lot of subscriptions. I share them with my mom and she likes them and watches as much TV as you’d expect a 55 year old single woman to do.
Anyways, every single month for the last six months, I have gotten an email to let me know the subscription price for one of my apps is going up. And there’s nothing I can do. It’s like rent. They just make the price whatever they want and change it on a whim.
The other day, I realized the one thing we watch on AMC is mad men, and the amount of money I’ve spent on AMC we could have purchased the series on DVD. Woof.
AMC also had months of my money strictly for Mad Men. Fortunately, my brother has all the subs and shares them so Kevin is still watching his shows and things there. I have been happy to not be overwhelmed with choice and just looking for specific things I know I want to watch. Thank you for the comment, Glo :) I would be fascinated to know how much they individually add up too, our subs were pretty dispersed.
Such a thoughtful take on ownership in this modern hellscape! This is definitely something I think about constantly and it feels nice to see it put down into words.
Much appreciated! After reading Amusing Ourselves to Death (highly recommend), it really put me off of just watching things to watch in general. I want to be more thoughtful about it
I love this idea, we can get so bogged down in the availability of any and all media, detaching from it feels like prying cold dead fingers off my arm at times.
I pay for a lot of subscriptions. I share them with my mom and she likes them and watches as much TV as you’d expect a 55 year old single woman to do.
Anyways, every single month for the last six months, I have gotten an email to let me know the subscription price for one of my apps is going up. And there’s nothing I can do. It’s like rent. They just make the price whatever they want and change it on a whim.
The other day, I realized the one thing we watch on AMC is mad men, and the amount of money I’ve spent on AMC we could have purchased the series on DVD. Woof.
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AMC also had months of my money strictly for Mad Men. Fortunately, my brother has all the subs and shares them so Kevin is still watching his shows and things there. I have been happy to not be overwhelmed with choice and just looking for specific things I know I want to watch. Thank you for the comment, Glo :) I would be fascinated to know how much they individually add up too, our subs were pretty dispersed.
If you don’t already, you can get dozens of public channels on your tv w a cheap antenna!
Any time! Okay taking a deep breath,
Acorn tv 7.99
AMC 9.99
Apple TV 9.99
Starz 10.99
Britbox 8.99
Netflix 17.99
Paramount 12.99
Hulu and Disney 12.12
Max, “ free” through att unlimited phone plan $156.98 for me and Michaels phone bill
I had YouTube tv for a while that was $80/month for jeopardy mainly lol. But I canceled that a few months ago
Also for not tv subs but other things I share is a Spotify family plan 22.04 and Google photos 9.99