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.”

  • DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    I think that 40% of Americans should spend much of the time they’ve spent on streaming services reading and studying socialist theory (Karl Marx and all). Seriously!

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      19 hours ago

      Please, stop advertising communism and socialism here. Just stop. It will not work. Go to lemmy.ml and do it there. Thanks.

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          17 hours ago

          Firstly, here we call these instances, not sites. Secondly, there are other instances that will be happy to hear your thoughts. Like hexbear or lemmygrad. They welcome communism and socialism ideas.

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            12 hours ago

            I also got banned from Hexbear for “history of repeating US state department talking points, anti-socialism and zionism”. In my defense, I support left-libertarianism and such.