Stopping using cable/satellite TV is on my TODO list for years. However, I happen to like watching a bunch of TV shows (my active show list on next-episode.net is 25 names, 10 of which are running or will be in close future - so I watch about 1 episode per day and 2 on the weekends usually). I also never watch live TV - I get my news from better sources. As far as I can see, right now there's only one viable alternative for me to cable/satellite subscription - the Pirate Bay. As I am not fond of it for both legal reasons and reasons of convenience (it can be automated, but the time I'd spend doing it would be considerable and I want to spend it on other things). I'd be happy to have a service that given me access (immediate or ~week delay, I don't watch most of the shows same day) to the 10 shows I watch and I'd be completely willing to pay them the same ~$50/month I pay to my TV company (and they don't need to supply me with expensive equipment for free!). Netflix choice is abysmal, and so are Hulu Plus and others. Buying those individually on something like iTunes would cost me about 5x-10x and probably lock me up in a horrible world of incompatible format and DRM hassles. So, my choice is either say "screw the law" and go all-in for Pirate Bay, or pay the cable/satellite. I hope somebody will give me another choice, because, frankly, every cable/satellite company I was with sucked in its own unique way. But I just don't see any (legal ones) right now.
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Stopping using cable/satellite TV is on my TODO list for years. However, I happen to like watching a bunch of TV shows (my active show list on next-episode.net is 25 names, 10 of which are running or will be in close future - so I watch about 1 episode per day and 2 on the weekends usually). I also never watch live TV - I get my news from better sources. As far as I can see, right now there's only one viable alternative for me to cable/satellite subscription - the Pirate Bay. As I am not fond of it for both legal reasons and reasons of convenience (it can be automated, but the time I'd spend doing it would be considerable and I want to spend it on other things). I'd be happy to have a service that given me access (immediate or ~week delay, I don't watch most of the shows same day) to the 10 shows I watch and I'd be completely willing to pay them the same ~$50/month I pay to my TV company (and they don't need to supply me with expensive equipment for free!). Netflix choice is abysmal, and so are Hulu Plus and others. Buying those individually on something like iTunes would cost me about 5x-10x and probably lock me up in a horrible world of incompatible format and DRM hassles. So, my choice is either say "screw the law" and go all-in for Pirate Bay, or pay the cable/satellite. I hope somebody will give me another choice, because, frankly, every cable/satellite company I was with sucked in its own unique way. But I just don't see any (legal ones) right now.