I gave up television in total in 2008 with the 24-7 pro-Obama media campaign. Pretty much went without for 9 years.
I did have a Netflix DVD account at a point but that’s been closed for years now.
Pretty much did away with nightly tv watching. Watched movies even less frequently (I own a large number and don’t even watch those so much these days).
My tv died in 2008 and didn’t see the point in joining the rat race in buying the “new improved” pixelated digital tvs.
Around 2010 someone gave me an old tube tv which I left unplugged until around 2015 and eventually hooked it up to a digital antenna receiver.
People are going to watch what they want and pay whoever they want to do so. I don’t judge their viewing or spending habits. Just found it odd that replacing one cord with another is “cutting”.
I just cut them out completely. I got tired of them insulting my politics, my religion, my history, my country, my tastes at every turn. Even if a broadcast program didn’t include ‘talking points’ the advertising around it (PSAs, promos for news and other programming, and corporate ads) did. They are unwelcome in my home.
The tv I do watch is largely old movies and old reruns on a couple of the alternate digital broadcast channels. And sometimes that is just background noise while cooking, etc.
If I bothered to get a new needle for my turntable or connect up my stereo, I’d probably tune them out for another 10 years. I am not the target age, sex, color, sexual preference, or economic demographic audience.
Nothing but stupidity and propaganda comes out of it anyway.