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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8303753" data-attributes="member: 18182">Heh. I used to work for DirecTV customer service, and this was one of our scripted responses to folks complaining about paying for TV packages that included channels they didn't want. Turns out it was true!! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />"If we allowed a la carte purchases, everything would be more expensive! Bundling channels saves you money!"It was true, in a way, but . . . . the vast majority of all those channels in my cable/satellite packages I never watched. Tons of absolute crap TV.I much prefer the new paradigm of competing streaming services. There's never a contract, so I can add or drop services whenever I want . . . and it's so easy just to log onto a website and start up or cancel a service, I never have to call cable/satellite customer service again! (or answer those calls) I try to keep myself to one streaming service at a time, but even when I pump it up to two or even three simultaneously, I'm saving money over what cable/satellite charged for all that crap TV I never watched.I have a luddite buddy who refuses to pay for any streaming services . . . he'll never know the joy of The Mandalorian, Loki, and all of the other amazing shows exclusive to these streaming services. He works hard to find these shows on DVD at the local library . . . and many do eventually show up there, but it's so much hassle to track them down and wait for your turn to come up. But it makes him stubbornly proud, and he's got more patience than I do . . .</blockquote>

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