We dropped cable because it got too expensive. Then we dropped Netflix because it got too expensive and they started dropping series while we were in the middle of watching them. Then we dropped Amazon for much the same reasons, plus anything REALLY decent costs extra money (for 24 hour availability). Now? We watch documentaries on YouTube during dinner, muting the commercials - we don't really watch movies or TV shows anymore... live cams of critters are fun, too (this is my favorite - https://www.youtube.com/live/4kRzwJXaeIM?feature=shared - hedgehogs come out at night!). Now we have time to read more books. My hack for reading is probably just due to my ADHD - when a book is good, I get totally hyperfocused (an ADHD superpower) and nothing short of an explosion in the next room can distract me. 🤯 Take that, Netflix! Good column, Nia! 😊
I really do miss commercials sometimes. It was a lil break to get food, pee, randomly strike up a quick convo with fam, etc. And you're right! Having to pay to rent a movie on a platform you already pay monthly for is absolutely ridiculous.
Hehehe ADHD is definitely a superpower here. My best friend can hyperfocus and knock out 3 books in a day/night (possibly at the cost of some sleep) while I'm working on ensuring the next reel on Instagram is my last one before I return to reading my book lol.
Thanks so much for reading & commenting, Jeannine! I appreciate it :D
Thank you so much! It's definitely very timely. Some of my favourite creators announced they're launching their own streaming platform (like, why) a couple days ago, and they've received so much backlash on all fronts that I hope they reconsider.
Ahhhh I'm so annoyed by this too! In just the last few months we've lost my kids' favourite movie from the streaming services we pay for. We don't watch much TV, but it was the one movie they both requested for every Saturday movie night. We ended up buying it digitally, but it's an absolute pain to have a streaming service that you think you can watch something on and then for that to disappear without warning
Oh my gosh, yeah! As a child we had VCRs of Disney movies and then my brother had CDs and now, it's up to the streaming platform's mood if it deigns to keep a kid's favourite movie which is incredibly sucky. Plus, buying CDs/DVDs is nearly useless since they stopped making laptops with CD drives and DVD players are rarely available anymore, ugh.
Two things - a) yes, I totally see this with the subscriptions. It's really frustrating that everything has gone up by £1 this year - it's so little individually, but really adds up. I have tried to cut back on our subscriptions, but they keep slipping back in again.
b) on the person with internet from the 1800s - I was talking about something about when I was a kid and my son said 'was that in the 1900s?' and I was like WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, and then realised that yes, it was. Time is bizarre. Also: I am old, ha.
I've been hearing so much about the COLC in the UK, that I cannot imagine even £1 increases have gone down well with the majority of folks. Between the sharply rising prices of groceries, the shitshow of our economy, and just, everything else, paying more for streaming platforms when they may not even have/keep our fav shows & movies seems so ridiculous.
On the second point: Hahahaha, omg. Kids really do say the wildest things. Sometimes I realize that I was born in the 20th century, and I pause too — phrasing matters so much. Also: someone said that the Spice Girls' Wannabe is as far to kids today as the moon landing was when that song released and it's just blown my brain a little (a lot).
We dropped cable because it got too expensive. Then we dropped Netflix because it got too expensive and they started dropping series while we were in the middle of watching them. Then we dropped Amazon for much the same reasons, plus anything REALLY decent costs extra money (for 24 hour availability). Now? We watch documentaries on YouTube during dinner, muting the commercials - we don't really watch movies or TV shows anymore... live cams of critters are fun, too (this is my favorite - https://www.youtube.com/live/4kRzwJXaeIM?feature=shared - hedgehogs come out at night!). Now we have time to read more books. My hack for reading is probably just due to my ADHD - when a book is good, I get totally hyperfocused (an ADHD superpower) and nothing short of an explosion in the next room can distract me. 🤯 Take that, Netflix! Good column, Nia! 😊
I really do miss commercials sometimes. It was a lil break to get food, pee, randomly strike up a quick convo with fam, etc. And you're right! Having to pay to rent a movie on a platform you already pay monthly for is absolutely ridiculous.
Hehehe ADHD is definitely a superpower here. My best friend can hyperfocus and knock out 3 books in a day/night (possibly at the cost of some sleep) while I'm working on ensuring the next reel on Instagram is my last one before I return to reading my book lol.
Thanks so much for reading & commenting, Jeannine! I appreciate it :D
Some of us ADHD folks can get by on less sleep than the average bear... 😉
Ahhhhh so spot on !!!! My husband and I were just talking about this phenomenon.
Thank you so much! It's definitely very timely. Some of my favourite creators announced they're launching their own streaming platform (like, why) a couple days ago, and they've received so much backlash on all fronts that I hope they reconsider.
Ahhhh I'm so annoyed by this too! In just the last few months we've lost my kids' favourite movie from the streaming services we pay for. We don't watch much TV, but it was the one movie they both requested for every Saturday movie night. We ended up buying it digitally, but it's an absolute pain to have a streaming service that you think you can watch something on and then for that to disappear without warning
Oh my gosh, yeah! As a child we had VCRs of Disney movies and then my brother had CDs and now, it's up to the streaming platform's mood if it deigns to keep a kid's favourite movie which is incredibly sucky. Plus, buying CDs/DVDs is nearly useless since they stopped making laptops with CD drives and DVD players are rarely available anymore, ugh.
Thanks so much for reading, Beck!
Two things - a) yes, I totally see this with the subscriptions. It's really frustrating that everything has gone up by £1 this year - it's so little individually, but really adds up. I have tried to cut back on our subscriptions, but they keep slipping back in again.
b) on the person with internet from the 1800s - I was talking about something about when I was a kid and my son said 'was that in the 1900s?' and I was like WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, and then realised that yes, it was. Time is bizarre. Also: I am old, ha.
I've been hearing so much about the COLC in the UK, that I cannot imagine even £1 increases have gone down well with the majority of folks. Between the sharply rising prices of groceries, the shitshow of our economy, and just, everything else, paying more for streaming platforms when they may not even have/keep our fav shows & movies seems so ridiculous.
On the second point: Hahahaha, omg. Kids really do say the wildest things. Sometimes I realize that I was born in the 20th century, and I pause too — phrasing matters so much. Also: someone said that the Spice Girls' Wannabe is as far to kids today as the moon landing was when that song released and it's just blown my brain a little (a lot).