{"id":34002,"date":"2021-11-28T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macradio.net\/blog\/?p=34002"},"modified":"2021-11-28T14:51:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T21:51:53","slug":"newsletter-issue-1026-the-cord-cutters-lament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2021\/11\/newsletter-issue-1026-the-cord-cutters-lament\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #1026: The Cord-Cutter&#8217;s Lament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the logic seemed impeccable. Cable TV companies were grabbing more and more of your hard-earned money each year \u2014 and I\u2019m referring mainly to U.S. services here \u2014 and you had to wonder why you wasted so much to get 300 channels and found little or nothing to watch. Surely there\u2019d be a way to pick and choose in such a way that you\u2019re not paying for content you don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, bundling has not been an option..<\/p>\n<p>Before I get to the troubles with the most common solution, it\u2019s fitting to remember how it all began.<\/p>\n<p>Now I grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and I could watch the local stations with an antenna. But it wasn\u2019t always the best solution. While you had the ability to set up a roof antenna in a private home, with apartment living you were stuck with something less sensitive. So I remember moving a rabbit ears antenna this way and that when switching channels in order to get decent reception.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2021\/11\/newsletter-issue-1026\/#lament\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the logic seemed impeccable. 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