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Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I let all my streaming subscriptions die off when my debit card expired this year and I haven't looked back. Gaming is cheaper and more entertaining. All the new movies I would want to watch never make it to streaming services anyway (without an additional rental fee)

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's all fine and good but I want to point out so everyone can watch out for this - sometimes if you have a subscription and your card expires or gets lost/stolen and replaced, companies can somehow get your new card info without you giving it to them and keep your shit active. So you can't assume that a new card will take care of old subscriptions that you totally forgot about. You have to check your statements.

[–] ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's some bullshit. I hate that they can do that. They spin it as a convenience but I'd rather update all my accounts with the new card manually.

[–] Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I had to deal with rhis with Doordash. Someone was making purchases on there with a card. I called an cancelled the card and get a replacement. Charges start coming in on the new card. Cancel and replace again. Charges still keep coming. I finally had to yalk to Doordash for hours to get them to remove the original card.

What an absolute anti-feature.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

I think you might be able to call your bank and ask them to turn off this "service"

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago

That sounds an awful lot like credit card fraud to me!

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah if you buy good games they have a much better cost to entertainment ratios than having a bunch of streaming services do. It's the games I end up not liking that ruin it.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just wait until games start injecting ads...