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dixiegrrrrl

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13. Having over the air tv as I grew up

Reply to NorthCarolinaL (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 4, 2015, 01:20 PM

Jul 2015

may have contributed to my unwillingness to being forced to pay for what used to be free.
The most expensive part of watching tv back then was if you had to buy rabbit ears, cause for a long time most houses had antennas on the roof, that stayed with the house if you moved.

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TIRED of being nickel and dimed. [View all] PatrickforO Jul 2015 OP

Talk about paying more for less DFW Jul 2015 #1

Screw cable. NorthCarolinaL Jul 2015 #2

Having over the air tv as I grew up dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #13

I remember those roof NorthCarolinaL Jul 2015 #18

You already have netflix angstlessk Jul 2015 #3

Comcast is bullshit. Initech Jul 2015 #4

I pay less for more. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #5

Yep. The only TV commercials I see regularly are posted here on DU as youtube videos hunter Jul 2015 #12

Another blessing of the inter tubes is.. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #14

Why pay for anything above basic internet at all? There are hundreds of sites online that stream for underahedgerow Jul 2015 #6

That's the way to go. Tobin S. Jul 2015 #8

Everything that's on Hulu and Netflix is on the links I posted, and they're free. And again, Adblock underahedgerow Jul 2015 #11

I feel your pain lostnfound Jul 2015 #7

Time Wanker is as bad. Smarmy letter they sent saying they're raising my rates FOR NOTHING Triana Jul 2015 #9

We dumped Comcast when they bumped MSNBC to a higher tier several years ago. femmocrat Jul 2015 #10

It just reminds why I don't have cable TexasBushwhacker Jul 2015 #15

Cut the cord... 4_TN_TITANS Jul 2015 #16

agree with underthehedgerow hopemountain Jul 2015 #17

I got rid of cable, I mostly use netflix anything else relevent I find in the DU Lounge. mackerel Jul 2015 #19