Embedded in the story:
“Read Next: How to Watch All the TV You Want Without Paying for Cable”
The irony is palpable (if not purposeful).
There are a lot of things killing the cable TV business. This ain’t one of them.
It’s the basic evil in America ... disobedience
The decline in pay TV revenue is more likely to be a result of:
Video games competing for TV watching time.
People cutting the cord due to bundling.
The availability of online entertainment.
Streaming.
They should, but they do not see it as stealing. I suppose it is in the category of willful denial. But this day and age where in most other areas of life they are taught to not be discerning or that their feelings trump facts, well...what do you expect?
Piracy is a victimless crime.
Unless there is water involved.
I don’t know how to steal programming.
I cut the cable because it was overpriced and horrible customer service.
We don’t watch enough HD to justify that $200 a year charge for a set top box. That’s some easy savings. And the digital recorder in it only holds about 10 hours of HD.
I have unlimited free minutes. If I lend somebody my phone are they stealing?
In no way do I advocate stealing, but where in the article does it talk about the cable companies STEALING from me? You know, I want cable/Satellite and therefore I am under compulsion to subsidize LOGO, MTV, MSNBC.
Without this theft from me these godless waste zone would never survive.
Stop stealing from me!
There is one single reason I don’t have cable. cost. I’m not paying 2 grand annually for something I might use 2% of and throw the rest away.
I find this interesting because I said years ago that I’d avoid investing in any industry built on selling digital products and services to consumers who believe they should be free, or almost free. Once you get outside the realm of selling tangible products, it’s hard to avoid the dilemma described here in this article.
We did the Russian Cable Guy joke today. We haven’t done the Plaza cable guys up yet.
Most of the youngsters these days have been taught that everything is a “right” and therefore, it should be free.
Horrible customer service (India,Philippines, no actual Americans to talk to), data caps, outrageous prices, MPAA RIAA going after ma and pa for diddly squat while paying movie stars and music stars millions...
What? No laws? No abeyance? How rude.
The real reason people are dropping Cable TV is that we don’t want to pay every month just to surf through 2,000 channels and still find nothing to watch.
We can watch movies and TV series and documentaries through Roku.
Cable in the 1970’s was sold as “commercial free” because “you pay for it”.
I see commercials as theft because I PAY for cable.
I see 14-17 minutes of content in a 30 minute segment as theft.
I see charging $10 per month per set top box as theft as those boxes were sold to the public as “better and no increase in charge! Honest!”
I’ve worked extensively in the cable world, and there are no bigger thieves in any market.