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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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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Sure, but imagine an expert in reading recommends people who cannot read learn how to read.

Does he think it's easier to learn than it actually is? Probably.

But does that mean reading is any less valuable of a skill, that you should forego it because it is harder than he thinks and anyway there's TTS now? No.