re: The ONLY reason I have had a live TV package the last few years was for sports. No more.

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My question is why do we even have to pay at all when half of the program consists of commercials? Commercials are a way to finance free-to-air programming. I remember back in the day you subscribed to HBO/Max because it had no commercials. That was the model: if it's free, you get commercials. If it's subscription, you get none.

Now all these outfits are double dipping. Charging sub fees and running a shitload of commercials.

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Because as long as people are willing to pay for a streaming service with commercials they'll keep doing it. It's smart business on their end but sucks for us. People will always pay to watch live sports and there will always be commercials.