• @KintarianOP
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    1210 days ago

    I can’t remember the last time I had a cable subscription. It’s been a while.

    • @[email protected]
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      1010 days ago

      The last time I had cable was the year of 9/11. And that was only because I plugged in a stray cable on a whim and found that my upstairs apartment tapped into the the cable from the downstairs apartment.

      Honestly, with internet, I never saw the point. And internet only cost $10-25/mo back then. Ofc, by about 2012 or so they became wise to that being the trend and started jacking the internet bill rates. And now internet costs the same as cable used to cost, or more, depending.

      But I don’t think anyone ever did a GenX is Killing Cable TV headline.

      • @[email protected]
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        210 days ago

        I think that’s around the same time I cut the cord. I moved shortly after 9/11 and didn’t see the point in subscribing. I left my (CRT) TV behind too rather than waste space in the truck for it. I haven’t owned a TV since.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        210 days ago

        And internet only cost $10-25/mo back then.

        True, but minimum wage was like $5 an hour, and broadband connections were like 1.5 Mbps. My current broadband connection is almost a gigabit.

    • @scarabic
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      210 days ago

      Oh god, I can. Remember TiVo?

        • billwashere
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          210 days ago

          I really miss the TiVo sound effects. And hacking them to add bigger drives.