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Originally Posted by Superblade7
Just my thoughts but I think it's like a lot of things that when you don't have them, you really want them. Once you've got them, they just become 'normal' and the excitement dwindles.
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That's marketing in a nutshell. Make you think you can't live without it so that you buy it, then keep it because it becomes a normal part of your life, even though it turned out not to be so exciting after all.
Some years ago, I sat down and worked out what I was paying per Sky show that I actually watched, and the cost was ridiculous. I cancelled it and haven't been back. I dare say had I still been living in a cabled area and subscribing to NTL (as it was back then) I would as easily have cancelled that for the same reason.
It's an absolute racket. If anything comes on that I really, really want to see, I can buy a box set for less. But that hasn't happened yet. What has happened is, I just watch a lot less telly.