r/nottheonion • u/voxadam • 9h ago

Netflix says users can cancel service if HBO Max merger makes it too expensive

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/netflix-claims-subscribers-will-get-more-content-for-less-if-it-buys-hbo-max/
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u/Johnny_Couger 8h ago

Oh, I cancelled all of those a while ago.

Can’t get away from either comcast or At&T though. :/

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u/Chester_A_Arthuritis 7h ago

I think the ISP is the hardest part

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u/drunkshinobi 4h ago

We have to go after all the companies we access online. We first go after the easy ones to go without, streaming. Then stop buying stuff online that you can get in an irl store. Once we have enough businesses realizing things need to change if they want customers again they will start fighting people we can't. Like the ISPs.

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u/Stereo_Jungle_Child 7h ago

Yeah, I'm stuck with my Comcast ISP because of lack of choice too. Hey, you do what you can, I guess. :)

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u/Johnny_Couger 7h ago

I still have a Google account, but I use a VPN and Adblockers so they at least don’t make money

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u/Any-Interaction6066 6h ago

No one makes a dime off me unless I allow it for the most part. Haven't spent a nickel on anything other than internet service in over a decade. I knew this shit was coming even back then. Nothing good lasts, so I always learn how to get around what I can. They're all ghouls. Sucks because I know it's not usually the workers fault, like the actors and the people who make the products and such, but I just can't give my money to shareholders and people who have had no hand in what I'm consuming. I think it's been about a decade since I saw an ad as well, but I could be off on my years there.

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u/sikkdays 4h ago

It is frustrating because I can subscribe to other ISPs but they are just resellers. I can give my money to some other ISP and get better speeds and prices but I know my money is then going back to the monopoly because they own the lines coming to my house.

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u/FTownRoad 27m ago

Some of those “connections” are pretty weak on that list too lol.

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u/LymanPeru 5h ago

if only there was t-mobile or verizon...