For those of us TV fans who cut the cable cord ages ago, it's time again to cut...
something. I don't honestly know what we're cutting this time exactly. But it's time to cancel all your streaming services.
To use the industry term, churn out every month, and don't churn back in unless a particular service has something you just can't miss. That's right: go cancel them all. After all, how many of these ever-increasing monthly fees are you already tolerating? The average is reportedly four , and depending on whether or not you pay for the ad-free options, that could set you back about $75 per month.
And four services isn't enough to keep you in the loop about everything buzzy on TV. If you just pay for four of the most popular ones — perhaps Netflix , Max, Amazon Prime, and Disney+ — you missed awards juggernaut Sh?gun on Hulu (the ad-free version of which now costs an eye-watering $18.99 per month ).
And how have you survived 2024 without the Olympics on Peacock? Oh, and you're on track to miss out on Severance season 2 if you're not an Apple TV+ subscriber. The sneaky price spiral just goes on and on until you're paying more than the cost of cable — and there's a good chance you are . Then again, you probably don't just watch your favorite shows.
If you're like a lot of people, you often fire up a streaming service app, browse to whatever you've seen talked about online, and give it a try. And what's your reward for such open-mindedness? Perhaps you watched streaming s.
