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This is so strange to me. I guess people enjoy being ripped off and getting less and less value for their money.

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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

We have 6 streaming services at home. Most of them have one or two accounts, meaning they were never used. We are five and most of us are well versed in traversing the seas and with the exception of my father, we all understand spoken and written English pretty well. Whenever I bring the "Why don't we drop off A, B and C that are not being used right now" to the table, they all react badly. I dont understand.

[–] V4sh3r@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

I see two approaches that you can take.

  1. instead of focusing on what you are taking away. Focus on what you can do with the money instead. Telling them that they can have a new TV with that money is a lot more motivation to say yes than taking something away.
  2. Do the scream test. Just cancel everything and wait for someone to scream about not having a services and resubscribe. Repeat every 6 months or so.
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Set up a plex or Jellyfin server that your dad could use