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Which streaming service should you cancel? All of them (most of the time).

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Summary
Nutrition label

64% Informative

It's time to cancel all your streaming services, and don't churn back in unless a particular service has something you just can't miss.

Millions of Americans are already cutting the cable cord in 2024 .

The average price spiral just goes on and on until you're paying more than the cost of cable.

A decade ago , it felt like the Silicon Valley disruptors had arrived to fix the entertainment industry.

The business is once again all about getting people to overpay for tons and tons of ad-saturated mediocrity.

The services themselves kill programming users expect to be there in an effort to cut their spending on library content.

They degrade cherished brands, abandon quality in favor of quantity, and — perhaps oddest and most irksome of all — cutting corners on audio.

Netflix is no longer your destination for legendary NBC shows, except Seinfeld .

Peacock, the NBCUniversal streaming service, is making itself a major destination by becoming the only place to stream the likes of Yellowstone .

À la carte video rental is admittedly a form of streaming, but without the subscription.

VR Score

46

Informative language

35

Neutral language

17

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

40

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

External references

34

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