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The rising cost of living in Britain has led to households cancelling their streaming subscriptions. Market research firm Kantar said 1.51 million services were ditched in the first three months of 2022.
@mark_clark said: “Plenty more would cancel their BBC services too, but they're not allowed to do that. They have to turn off the heating instead.”
@roscoe_paul posted: “Any advertising on Netflix and it's in the bin for me. How can you watch something like a thriller and be bombarded with cheesey ads every ten minutes? This is why the BBC is head and shoulders above all other terrestrial channels.”
@jtw_21_51 commented: “They will also cut back on luxury goods, holidays, socialising, eating out etc, thereby damaging the economy and costing jobs. It’s weird how capitalists have no idea how capitalism works, isn’t it?
@Jameshaslett2 remarked: “Freeview has close to 200 channels and loads of radio stations – I don't feel deprived not having Sky or Apple TV.”
@b088yb_brown suggested: “It could also be down to them all putting their prices up. Plus not enough new content coming through. I watched everything of interest during lockdowns.” @oftazmania added:
“If households are short of money then it’s not unreasonable to expect them to cancel nonessentials.”
#PIERSMORGAN
Piers Morgan has said his controversial exit from ITV'S Good Morning Britain last year was “a farce” but it “focused everyone's minds” on free speech.
@Therealharryjay said: “I don't agree with everything he says or does but I'll respect him for asking difficult questions.”
@Ashleyfulwood responded: “Yet by his own admission he dodged being interviewed by another BBC programme, because they were likely to ask him ‘difficult questions’ about phone hacking.”
@angusproud posted: “Quite a spin from Morgan who did, in fact, flounce out of the studio, rather than listen to the views of another presenter. So much for free speech.”
capellarec added: “Morgan and others like him, regularly claim to be cancelled. But they claim this from multiple platforms on a daily basis.”