Comment on There is no history on the History channel. There's nothing true on TruTV. There's no music on music television. There's no science on the science channel.

• zephorah@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The last time I had cable was the year of 9/11. And that was only because I plugged in a stray cable on a whim and found that my upstairs apartment tapped into the the cable from the downstairs apartment.

  Honestly, with internet, I never saw the point. And internet only cost $10-25/mo back then. Ofc, by about 2012 or so they became wise to that being the trend and started jacking the internet bill rates. And now internet costs the same as cable used to cost, or more, depending.

  But I don’t think anyone ever did a GenX is Killing Cable TV headline.

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  • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I think that’s around the same time I cut the cord. I moved shortly after 9/11 and didn’t see the point in subscribing. I left my (CRT) TV behind too rather than waste space in the truck for it. I haven’t owned a TV since.

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  • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And internet only cost $10-25/mo back then.

    True, but minimum wage was like $5 an hour, and broadband connections were like 1.5 Mbps. My current broadband connection is almost a gigabit.

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• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Oh god, I can. Remember TiVo?

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  • Kintarian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I used to have a TiVo

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    • billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I really miss the TiVo sound effects. And hacking them to add bigger drives.

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      • bradorsomething@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I remember when they had to get rid of 30-second skip

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