After years of inflation, Americans are used to sticker shock. But nothing compares to the surging price of streaming video.

Last week, Apple TV+ became the latest streaming service to raise its price—up from $6.99 to $9.99 per month—following the example of Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Netflix, which all hiked their prices in October.

Half of the major streaming platforms in the U.S. now charge a monthly fee that’s double the price they charged when they initially came to market. And many of these streaming services haven’t even been around for 10 years.

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    1 year ago

    My household has drastically cut back on what we subscribe to. It’s honestly overwhelming figuring out where to go to watch something, much less justifying paying for multiple services.

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      1 year ago

      There is a one-stop shop where you can watch anything, matey!

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      1 year ago

      You can stream pretty much anything for free here: https://fmoviesz.to/

      Just make sure you have uBlock Origin installed.

      If you ever get lost, just search ‘free streaming sites reddit’ and go from there.

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      1 year ago

      i finally said fk it and dumped cable earlier this year, even though i can’t pick-up locals off an antenna where i am–was pretty much the only reason i had it.

      haven’t subbed to an online service in over a year. the free services have been enough. currently in month two of a free trial month at prime and have pretty much run out of things to watch there. as work quiets down here til feb, i’ll probably sub to a service for a single monthly cycle over the holiday to have something ‘extra’ to pick from.

      i also have my hdds of mp4, plus discs and even tapes to fall-back on, too, but i won’t ever go back to cable unless they change their entire model, and i don’t see myself ever subbing to a service full-time (it would have to be a sweetheart annual deal) or having multiple subs at once. i really liked having that extra cash in my pocket from dumping cable–too bad my greedy landlord wanted, too.