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Originally Posted by Hugh
Unfortunately, the trend appears to be either "free with lots of ads", "subscription with some ads", or "subscription+ with no ads"…
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Yes, that’s choice. All the TV channels apart from the BBC are beleaguered by ads, so no difference there, apart from the fact that we now have the freedom to avoid them.
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Originally Posted by jfman
100% this. If you strip back the brands, and the technology, you need more products at greater cost just to stand still.
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I think you’ll find that most people were champing at the bit about having to pay for loads of channels they didn’t watch.
Realistically, if you subscribe only to Netflix and one other streamer, such as Discovery+ or NOW, that’s a lot cheaper than TV channel bundles. That additional range of choice you talk about is still available on Freeview.
The real problem I see is sport, because unless you are interested in only one sport, it can be very expensive to watch them all. Hopefully, there will be a solution for sports fans with time.