Just curious because I don’t see people talk about it a lot.

  • @egrets
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    436 hours ago

    The cost to move to America is quite steep, though, and there are significant drawbacks.

    • @[email protected]
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      156 hours ago

      Dunno where you are but most countries I’ve visited in Europe have hundreds of free TV channels broadcast over the air. Minimal ads because a lot of the channels are tax subsidised, or like the UK, a loicense innit

      Where I am, you get a TV streaming box from your ISP for a few euros, and streaming is free for about 200 channels; ad breaks are around one minute long every 30 minutes

      • Robert Ian Hawdon
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        231 minutes ago

        Heck, here in the UK, we have a TV licence and the OG ad-free service, the BBC.

        Yeah, the BBC has had its fair share of controversies over the years, but I’m still glad it’s there and still ad-free.

      • @ch00fOP
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        14 hours ago

        That’s interesting! So it’s like free cable TV?

        • @[email protected]
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          64 hours ago

          Not free, tax subsidised. It’s about €120 per year paid through local taxes. If it had the number of ads that cable has, nobody would watch it lol

          • @jaybone
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            11 hour ago

            I pay that much per month and get more commercials :(