I also subscribe to the Dispatch and Patreon as well as the National Review. I also still subscribe to digital versions of a couple of newspapers and the Wall Street Journal. As for TV, I'm still a cable subscriber. No streaming services.
I currently subscribe to the Hulu+LiveTV Disney+ and ESPN+ bundle, Netflix, Prime Video, Peacock(Paid).
Hulu+LiveTV won US magazine's best streaming service of 2022 for whatever that's worth.
I'm constantly on it and rate it highly. Only my wife and extended family watch Netflix through an account share arrangement. Prime is just a side benefit of being a Prime member and I use Peacock for NFL and Premier League plus some sitcoms (no ads). I basically don't watch FTA broadcast TV anymore.
Oh yeah there's all the free content on Roku as well.
As for paid written content it's FT.com which is top flight and not all finance stories, although it leans that way obviously. I used to subscribe to Bloomberg but it got too expensive after the intro price expired and I get the TV channel with Hulu now so..
Plus Bernie Goldberg's Substack of course!
Previously subscriber of Paramount+ and SlingTV, but there's too much crossover with other (better) platforms.
The kicker is I'm not even in the US but manage it through some technical wizardry!
When I was younger, I never thought people would pay for tv or water. We all know how that turned out. I still don't buy water. I have basic cable a n d the sports package. That's it. I always paid for newspapers so I subscribe to NY Times, Wash Post and Wall St Journal. It seems normal. That's it. That being said I have 2500+ vinyl lps and 2000+ cds so I don't subscribe to any music services either. I get ultimate guitar on Google so I have access to learn 10s of thousands of songs to entertain my self a d others. Only 24 hours in a day, why spend money?
No cable services anymore, just like you stated, too much garbage. Prime Video is my only subscription, they have some good content (Bosch is a good show) plus shipping is included with most purchases from Amazon.
I also subscribe to the Dispatch and Patreon as well as the National Review. I also still subscribe to digital versions of a couple of newspapers and the Wall Street Journal. As for TV, I'm still a cable subscriber. No streaming services.
I currently subscribe to the Hulu+LiveTV Disney+ and ESPN+ bundle, Netflix, Prime Video, Peacock(Paid).
Hulu+LiveTV won US magazine's best streaming service of 2022 for whatever that's worth.
I'm constantly on it and rate it highly. Only my wife and extended family watch Netflix through an account share arrangement. Prime is just a side benefit of being a Prime member and I use Peacock for NFL and Premier League plus some sitcoms (no ads). I basically don't watch FTA broadcast TV anymore.
Oh yeah there's all the free content on Roku as well.
As for paid written content it's FT.com which is top flight and not all finance stories, although it leans that way obviously. I used to subscribe to Bloomberg but it got too expensive after the intro price expired and I get the TV channel with Hulu now so..
Plus Bernie Goldberg's Substack of course!
Previously subscriber of Paramount+ and SlingTV, but there's too much crossover with other (better) platforms.
The kicker is I'm not even in the US but manage it through some technical wizardry!
When I was younger, I never thought people would pay for tv or water. We all know how that turned out. I still don't buy water. I have basic cable a n d the sports package. That's it. I always paid for newspapers so I subscribe to NY Times, Wash Post and Wall St Journal. It seems normal. That's it. That being said I have 2500+ vinyl lps and 2000+ cds so I don't subscribe to any music services either. I get ultimate guitar on Google so I have access to learn 10s of thousands of songs to entertain my self a d others. Only 24 hours in a day, why spend money?
No cable services anymore, just like you stated, too much garbage. Prime Video is my only subscription, they have some good content (Bosch is a good show) plus shipping is included with most purchases from Amazon.
I recall a Springsteen song- “57 Channels and ‘nothing on..” it’s still true today.