Got rid of cable

Dan the man said
Seen on the news last night that people are getting away from streaming. I don't remember all of the details. I know people who do streaming, have the magic plug in in the back of their TV . If it was as good as folks say that it is you would think that it would be more wide spread than it is. I'd probably try streaming if my internet speed was better, who knows one day maybe I can unload my dish too but for now it stays.

It's like any new idea that comes along and then gets capitalized. Streaming started out in the 2010s as a cheap (sometimes free) way to watch specific shows and movies you wanted anytime, anywhere with a plethora of options and services. Then when it started catching on and companies realized they could make money off of it they started charging subscription fees and then over the past few years it turned into a business not unlike cable TV; big media corporations (Disney for instance) either created their own streaming services or bought up and consolidated a lot of the existing ones and started trying to force buyers into "packages" nobody really wants and adding fees for things that used to be free. It's a shame but IMO still way better than cable/dish/satellite TV with hundreds of channels to flip through with scheduled content and commercials taking up half the air time.

It might not seem "widespread" because there's also a generation gap to consider. I'm 32 and I have not met anyone under the age of about 45 who uses cable TV and doesn't use streaming. Cable TV and TV news media are things that by and large, only the older generations still use because it was the standard for so many decades but I believe 20-30 years (maybe less) down the road they'll hardly exist anymore.