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40% of Americans have quit their streaming services over continued price increases (www.independent.co.uk)

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Nearly 75% of Americans are frustrated that the streaming platform they subscribe to keeps raising their prices. With 40% having cut back their streaming subscriptions in the last three months due to financial concerns and rising costs of living.

These companies continue to raise prices, hoping inertia will prevent most people from switching. This is true not only for streaming sites but also for all these platforms.

We need to move away from businesses that exploit their monopolies and try to get your content or goods directly, where possible.

Some alternatives you can check out...

Media:

Nebula
Dropout TV
Corridor Digital

Music:

Qobuz (buy directly from artists)
Soundcloud (artist-driven)
Bandcamp (buy directly from artists)

The same principle applies to Uber, Amazon and many others.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

I don't get how anyone does these things. I would have to have pretty high disposable income to splurge for a streaming service. These should be like the first place people tighten up. Like I had a sister who was a personal trainer and during bad economic times I asked about this and she said people surprisingly did not let it go till they absolutely had to to. That I get. That is a useful and valuable thing. streaming garbage though. would drop in a sec if I ever had the excess to go do it.