The average U.S. citizen spent $42.38 on streaming services each month in 2024, down 23% from last year, a new report found
  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    The average American spent $89.29 per month — or more than $1,000 per year — on cable/satellite in 2024, up 11% from last year. Nearly 55% of Americans have a cable or satellite subscription, according to Reviews; it is not much of a stretch to believe many of them dropped a streaming service to offset rising TV costs.

    Not shocked at all, streaming was a cheap alternative, and they got greedy and made it basically the same, injecting ads, raising prices.

    YouTube TV I saw is 70 bucks a month now! When I had it it was 40. Of course they’re going to lose subscribers, I’ll just get a cable box and watch live tv that way if I want it!

  • Stern@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    8 days ago

    not shocking. streaming stuff like netflix was supposed to be the cheap, content filled ad free alternative to cable. increasingly its not cheap as line must go up, its not content filled as every network makes their own bullshit service, and its not ad free either.

    • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      At least the ads on broadcast TV are placed appropriately in breaks throughout the TV programming. Some of the streaming services seem to inject ads wherever they feel like, sometimes in mid sentence. It completely turns me off of those streaming services.

  • Donkter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    8 days ago

    One service at a time. I used to be able to stand having Netflix and branching out to Hulu if there was something to watch but at this point even one service is charging too much money. I’ve found my free streaming sites otherwise.