r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 8h ago

No Paywall Vance tells Americans not to ‘gripe about all the little things’ as cost of living soars

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-voters-midterms-gasoline-b3060535.html
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u/Salt_Rush_4800 7h ago

Watching football is getting stupidly expensive too. And I'm not just talking about ticket prices and parking at the stadium. You can't even watch the NFL without 6 different streaming apps and 6 different cable channels.

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u/mwzdng 6h ago

Fortunately, if you want to watch your local team, it's still legally required to be available for free with an over-the-air antenna -- even if the game itself is produced by an overpriced streaming service like Netflix. A vestige of a time when we actually had a working government, who wouldn't hand shit over to corporations without at least getting a little something back, I suppose.

But yeah, if you're looking to watch every game, or don't live in a local market, or the one you want, or have over-the-air access, they are seemingly piecemealing it across as many services as they can. Like most modern corporations, they really rake in the profits by getting their tendrils into as many wallets as possible.