It’s incredible how almost everyone I know has a TV at their home and yet when I ask my friends what they watch they respond with Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, Disney +, etc. With all the TV that is produced so many of us simply watch it through streaming services now. For the most part, there aren’t any commercials, we don’t have to endlessly scroll through channels to find something to watch, and most importantly, we tend to pay for shows and movies that we actually watch. Cable is expensive, and in most cases, you pay a huge fee to watch a small portion of the channels they give you. Take my family, for example, we love watching the Premier League; however, we can only have access to that channel and all of the games if we pay for a cable package. We consistently watch maybe 3-4 other channels and yet when I hit the guide button, I have to endlessly scroll through uninteresting channels to get to the few that my family likes. This is the exact reason that cord-cutting has had such a significant rise in recent years. Cord-cutting is the process of canceling your cable subscription or getting rid of your landline telephone, and with the rise in streaming services, and practically everyone having a cell phone, it’s easier than ever to “cut the cord”. When it comes down to it, people “cut the cord” for two reasons: to save money, and because they are dissatisfied with the service of the cable/satellite company. With the rise in streaming services, many people would much rather pay a small fee each month for unlimited access to shows and movies they’ll actually watch rather than a huge fee for a cable company that gives them mostly a pile of crap channels. Not surprisingly many people have caught onto this and data shows that many individuals simply watch shows on their computers or tablets. The number of Zero-TV homes rose 150% between 2007 and 2012, from 2 million to 5 million. On top of that, the number of landline subscribers fell 55% between 2002 and 2012 in New York State. Now, there are some drawbacks to cord-cutting. One is the example I gave of my family using cable to watch soccer because otherwise, we can’t watch the games. In some situations, you simply won’t have access to certain content on streaming services. For some individuals, they like having access to news broadcasting channels, and often times you just won’t have those on streaming platforms. At the end of the day, cord-cutting is becoming increasingly popular, and we are most likely headed down a path of entertainment being entirely streamed through services like Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Disney +, etc. Cable companies are on thin ice and it’s only a matter of time before it breaks.
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