I cancelled our DirecTV today.<\/p>\n
At $50 a month, we decided that it just wasn’t worth it anymore. Yes, we will lose one of the sweetest inventions of all time, Tivo. Yes, I won’t be able to watch all the Twins games on FSN anymore. But $50\/month? For what? For shows I end up buying on DVD or getting from Netflix anyways?<\/p>\n
Now, I’m not saying we won’t subscribe to something in the future…<\/p>\n
But where is the a la carte option? Where is my iWhatever from Apple that lets me pay $.50 for the last episode of Scrubs? Why can’t I call the cable company and say, I would like FSN, ESPN, Comedy Central and the Locals, nothing more? I firmly believe the television landscape is about to undergo a massive restructuring. The technology is there. And let me tell you, it’s not Free-Market Capitalism that’s holding us back, the market is there. (That’s a whole other rant for another time.)<\/p>\n
For the time being we’re going to sit it out and re-assess when things are back in line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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