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So I had a TV service I rarely used, I kept it just cause I did occasionally use it to watch sports or whatever that were not easily accessible online. I was not using it much but it was worked into my budget non the less, last night when I was thinking about how I consume TV shows; I first realized I was paying YouTube (I bought an annual subscription that ends at the end of March) to watch the monologue of some late night TV shows, I thought about it and realized the Google was paying those channels for me to watch some of the show so I am going to mark them to not be suggested to me via YouTube anymore and watch them via Canadian channel apps. I then thought about giving up on them all together, I do not know if I am ready to do that yet but I am seriously considering that whaat do others think?

Then finally I thought long and hard and realized I am paying for a TV service I rarely use, and it has US channels on it so I was paying to have access to US channels that I am not using or going to use so I cancelled my TV subscription.

As someone who very rarely watches traditional TV it feels so freeing knowing I am not paying a very small price to American stations to have access to their channels. I realize the Canadian stations pay to show the American shows but I sneakily get around that by having a pihole to block ads so the Canadian channels are not making money off of me to watch US TV shows, it is like sailing the high seas without the actual plundering.

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[–] jasep@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

If you live somewhere in or near GTA, you can get many channels for free with an antenna. I was getting over 50 channels that way when I lived there.

Otherwise, plunder away 🏴‍☠️⛵️🏴‍☠️

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan so no where near the GTA, if I am lucky I can get 3 channels OTA.

[–] jasep@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm in NB now so I'm in the same boat.