{"id":6291,"date":"2016-10-24T19:20:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T19:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6291"},"modified":"2016-10-25T13:15:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T13:15:37","slug":"linked-cordcutting-isnt-a-bargain-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/10\/24\/linked-cordcutting-isnt-a-bargain-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Cordcutting Isn\u2019t a Bargain Anymore&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3929,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gizmodo.com\\\/cordcutting-isn-t-the-bargain-that-it-used-to-be-1786003311&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20231004163319\\\/https:\\\/\\\/gizmodo.com\\\/cordcutting-isn-t-the-bargain-that-it-used-to-be-1786003311&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 06:23:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-30 12:25:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 04:02:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-27 08:20:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 02:16:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 23:52:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 09:37:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 09:37:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/cordcutting-isn-t-the-bargain-that-it-used-to-be-1786003311\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via Gizmodo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>So, let\u2019s see, if you pay for Hulu Plus (which is now just Hulu, since they\u2019re dropping their free tier) that sets you back about $8 per month. And if you go subscription free that\u2019s $12 per month. And Netflix is another $10. And HBO Now is another $15. And obviously you\u2019re going to get the new commercial free CBS, so that\u2019s $10 per month. What are we up to? About $47 before tax? And then you toss on your high-speed internet bill, which you\u2019re probably paying to the cable company anyway. Yeah, this whole cordcutter thing sounds like it liberated consumers alright, doesn\u2019t it?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019ve said this many times. Eventually, on-demand television that\u2019s commercial free (with product placements) from your favorite networks will cost more than Cable TV did at its peak. I think the author was wrong to include Internet in his argument. Internet &amp; Cable TV are two separate utilities. Yes you need Internet for Hulu but if Hulu didn\u2019t exist, most households would still have Internet for all of the other things it offers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Gizmodo: So, let\u2019s see, if you pay for Hulu Plus (which is now just Hulu, since they\u2019re&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-10-25T13:15:39Z","apple_news_api_id":"75e9b2fe-11cd-430b-897f-b02aabbf36f2","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-10-25T13:15:39Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/Ademy_hHNQwuJf7Aqq7828g","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Dt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7435,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/05\/07\/subscription-hell-techcrunch\/","url_meta":{"origin":6291,"position":0},"title":"Subscription hell \u2013 TechCrunch","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"May 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Subscription hell \u2013 TechCrunch: Incentive alignment is one thing, and my wallet is another. 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