• Sendbeer@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Cable companies having a monopoly on internet in most areas affect almost everyone and should be dealt with though (it won’t be though).

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        11 months ago

        If you look at other countries like Germany you can get high speed 400mbps for around $30-35 a month. Fiber isn’t as available in a lot of areas but it is expanding and you can get 1000mbps for $45 a month.

        US cable companies are price gouging customers so bad. And that’s all while getting money from the government to fund their infrastructure expansions.

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      1 year ago

      “People are paying too much for television packages and don’t have options to change it!”

      “Yeah Grandpa, we figured this out in 2010.”

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        11 months ago

        Yeah, just pay $20 a month across 16 different streaming services that all have siloed content! It’s so much better now! /s

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            11 months ago

            Amen. It’s like piracy is the only governing force in capitalism anymore since there seems to be no regulation otherwise. The old cable monopoly is just now the multi-threaded streaming monopoly.