About 40 percent of Americans have cut back on streaming services in the last three months because of financial concerns, according to a recent report

About 40% of Americans have cut back on streaming services in the last three months because of financial concerns, according to a recent report

Americans are quitting subscription streaming services in droves as the cost of living continues to climb, a recent report has found.

Streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu have become increasingly popular in recent years, but Deloitte’s 2026 Digital Media Trends report, released late last month, shows how Americans are getting frustrated over the cost to have their favorite movies and TV shows at the click of a button.

“As the cost of everyday essentials like food and housing remain high, many consumers are reevaluating their budgets and cutting back on nonessential expenditures,” Deloitte said in its survey results. “At the same time, prices for media and entertainment services continue to climb.”

    • limonfiesta@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      Except you’re still paying for extremely inflated storage costs, on top of your Usenet fee, which is roughly the same cost as a pirate share - depending on what you’re paying for i.e. block vs monthly.

      • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        True, but I was talking about private indexers, not shares. I guess I’m lucky that I bought a fuck ton of drives before the bullshit.

        • limonfiesta@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          I have a good bit of storage, around 60tb usuable.

          But as those drives die, I will not replace them at these prices.

          I have used the free trials of a couple different jellyfin shares to test them out, and was really impressed.

          YMMV, but after collecting and serving my own media for around two decades, the hobby part of it isn’t as important to me as the the ability to access a large media library for the lowest cost possible.

          • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            1·
            3 days ago

            I have a couple hundred terabytes (half of it being spare), so I’m good for awhile. If I saw excessive failure, I would eventually need to downsize, of course.

      • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        I’ve had better reliability from Usenet, personally, but YMMV. Safe though? If you use Usenet over SSL, you don’t even need to download over VPN, if that’s what you mean.