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You know, if herds of people are going to do the subscribe-then-cancel streaming dance ... streamers are going to try new tactics to capture them.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Feb 9 '23, 09:02

Evil tactics.

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I was actually debating that to be able to watch the Superbowl :/ -- nm - Meg Feb 9, 09:19 4
- Sling TV - 20 bucks for the first month -- nm - decline Feb 9, 09:37
- I just want to be able to watch the commercials. So I guess I'll youtube them Monday. -- nm - sycor Feb 9, 09:34
- It's okay to do it! I'm not blaming the users. I'm blaming capitalism. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 09:34
- YouTubeTV free trial, here I come. -- nm - znufrii Feb 9, 09:21
Well, they are already making you *speak* to a *human* to cancel, so that is pretty evil. -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 09:07
They will start trying to make people lock in with contracts. Sign up for 12 months instead of being able to do monthly. -- nm - sycor Feb 9, 09:06 5
- I was thinking like "vaults"; subscribe for 3 months to unlock the Premium Vault -- nm - Beryllium Feb 9, 09:34
- Streaming is the new cable -- nm - decline Feb 9, 09:10 3
  - It's certain moving in that direction, if not already basically there. -- nm - sycor Feb 9, 09:11
  - Slice the stream. -- nm - Spawn Feb 9, 09:11 1
    - Dont cross the streams -- nm - budice Feb 9, 09:21

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