A very good point, petitfour.
Me, I would probably go so far as to dump the cable...the problem would be with my husband and son...no sell there, no way!
It was hard for us to dump it, but we soon found that we were not missing anything. I don't know why the cable company chose us for three months free service, but I find it hard to find anything that I want to watch. We have watched a Nero Wolfe mystery, and we enjoyed that, but we do not even care to watch the cable news channels anymore. I get my news from the internet and radio. The biggest benefit to our family has been for one of our sons who loves baseball. He has been watching baseball games and learning all he can about the sport. So, I guess there has been something good, but that's about it.