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[–] 49 points 2 months ago (12 children)

People actually subscribe to Peacock on purpose?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Olympics are all that I can think of

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    They are hoping to get enough people to forget about their subscription during this hike.

    They even admitted most of the new subscribers were from Olympics and third party signups like Xfinity, T-Mobile, etc that give subscriptions out for free.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    This is why I use masked cards to sign up for these services. I lock them in at a certain price per month, and if that price goes up on its own, then they'll suddenly discover they don't have my money.

    Not that it should require a hack like that, mind you...

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    How do you do masked cards where you can control the regular charge amount? Is that a particular bank's feature or?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Privacy.com's cards offer that feature (allegory the original selling point for me was that I could use them alongside any name/address). It's helped me cut down on attempted fraud a couple times too.

    I think it's technically a payment processor, but functionally it's more like a proxy between a bank and online shops/services

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 2 months ago

    Yeah, exactly! This should serve no purpose other than reminding people to cancel their subscription from the Olympics or last season's NFL playoffs.

    TBH, I was shocked to find out that it's already higher than $8 a month. Absolutely laughable prices here.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Let's sing the song of our people!

    YAR HAR FIDDLE DE DEE!!

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago

    Peacock still exists?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Damn how will I be able to afford to pirate the one, maybe two decent series the entire media empire manages to produce?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    It didn't take long for having to buy 3 or 4 streaming services to replace cable became more expensive than cable.

    Anyway, I have a poopdeck to scrub and a wooden leg to polish.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    I have that bundled for free with a different service and can't even use it, they are one of the few streaming services that go out of their way to block Linux users.

    On the upside at least they let me know it's unusable when free so there's no reason to ever pay for it.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    No, just the high seas for me, thanks.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    If streaming shitty shows doesn’t work out, they could always change the spelling to “Pee Cock” and do porn instead.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    🏴‍☠️

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Of course they are.

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