Of course I do. And thank you for talking down to me.
'Tis how it is with some people. Disagree with them or state an opinion they disagree with and you are an ignorant hillbilly that doesn't understand how the world works. I get this kind of response on my blog all the time.
I am with you. As a consumer, I feel caught in the middle, under contract, with no other choices. Here in Podunk city, population 345, we have four choices, Dish, Directv, Time Warner, and antenna. Time Warner is prohibitively expensive and uses equipment that hails back to the Adelphia days. (Awful, antiquated equipment that even the installers are embarrassed to install) With the antenna I can either get six channels from Toledo or six channels from Fort Wayne. So it is either Dish or Directv, and I have had both. I switch every few years to try and save on cost.
In the meantime, other costs continue to escalate. I am disabled, so we are basically a one income family. Our insurance costs are going up in January and Ohio Gas just raised our budget by 60%. I am not whining, it is what it is. Costs go up, while wages continue to decline or stay the same. Consumers, especially those who are on the lower end of the economic spectrum, face increasing economic pressure as costs continue to climb. Of course, having Dish is not essential, but we do love to watch TV and not being able to would certainly be disappointing. (As someone with chronic pain and debility, TV often becomes the one thing that can take my mind off the pain, especially on days when the pain meds are not working as well as they should.
As much as I love watching sports, I am concerned about the ever-escalating costs for sports.