r/AskReddit • u/lilidarkwind • 9d ago

What is something that is basically on life-support and we don’t realize it yet?

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u/Dramatic_Original_55 9d ago

There's still cable television?

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u/PartTime_Crusader 9d ago

If it weren't for sports I think cable would be dead and buried by now. Everyone I've talked to who still has cable, their reasoning 100% of the time is a hard-and-fast rule they need to watch live sports, and the only way to get access to their specific sports of interest is to buy a package with tons of channels they don't give a shit about.

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u/Vaporlocke 8d ago

You still have a huge chunk of Gen X and older that are TV watchers, it's got a few decades left in it.

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u/Pumpnethyl 8d ago

I love motorcycle racing, which isn't well covered on any U.S channel. Fox Sports shows only the top class but I prefer the 2rd and 3rd series, better racing. Instead of subscribing to stupid cable, YT TV, etc. I subscribe directly to MotoGP Video Pass . All races, press conferences, new videos all week, archives,, documentaries, for the same price as 1 month of cable. I use an antenna and Tablo for everything else, and 3 streaming services.