for many years i have watched and listened to the cubs, and been an active fan of the team. then they decided to create their own network, which in my case meant the games were no longer available to view on my chosen service (what I believed to be a sacrifice at the time). I adapted by listening to more games, which I have found to be both enjoyable and practical. The Cubs come along and offer me the "opportunity" to give them $20 extra per month because their viewership is slipping so steeply on Marquee, but I decide no thanks, I'm good.

BAD FAN

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

for many years i have watched and listened to the cubs, and been an active fan of the team. then they decided to create their own network, which in my case meant the games were no longer available to view on my chosen service (what I believed to be a sacrifice at the time). I adapted by listening to more games, which I have found to be both enjoyable and practical. The Cubs come along and offer me the "opportunity" to give them $20 extra per month because their viewership is slipping so steeply on Marquee, but I decide no thanks, I'm good.

BAD FAN

I'm not paying additionally to watch my favorite team

I don't blame anyone for choosing to not pay $20 a month but you also aren't really a great fan if around 80 cents a game is too much for you to subscribe.

Rick, both can be true. I'm not paying additionally to watch my favorite team, but I still follow them daily without being shaken down for $20 a month because their network is failing.

BAD FAN

Stupid take. Who watches 162 games a year? That's probably what some corporate hack said in one of the Cubs board meetings.

Been watching the Cubs every year religiously since I was 8yrs old. 40 years in total

How do you make these two posts in a row?

Take it down to 10 games a month instead of 26. That's $2 per game.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

That's pretty much how every subscription service exists though. I can't choose which day I pay for YoutubeTV or Netflix or my gym membership either.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

As I said, watching them isn't worth 80 cents a game to you. That's fine. I'm not paying 80 cents a game to watch the White Sox either.

cue the Sara McLaughlin music . Just 80 cents a day! that's less than a cup of coffee !

do you get a free bwanket too ?

[Fields will] be the starting QB on an NFL roster at the start of next season. Book It!

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Are you saying how much you pay per movie on Netflix or youtube?

You probably get this

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

[Fields will] be the starting QB on an NFL roster at the start of next season. Book It!

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

[Fields will] be the starting QB on an NFL roster at the start of next season. Book It!

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

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Isn't that basically how people decide if you are getting your money's worth on those?

You've never heard of anyone cancelling a streaming service because they don't watch it enough?

Lots of times. I’ve never heard anyone break it down on a “cost-per-view” basis like you.

Lots of times. I’ve never heard anyone break it down on a “cost-per-view” basis like you.

I cancelled Paramount Plus when I realized I had watched one thing on it in the past month and it wasn't going to be worth the non-promotional rate. I am sorry this is such a unique concept that I may literally have invented the "cost-per-view" basis for whether to subscribe to a streaming service.

you've used the "I watched one thing in the past month" a couple times now. If that were the case it would be pretty easy to identify it as something that isn't worth it to you that wouldn't require further calculations . It's odd you used "I watched one thing" and not "I watched 43 things and it ended up costing me $1.28 per program, had I watched 52 instead it would have been worth it "

I don't really understand why you guys seem so concerned that I pointed out the cost per game of the Cubs streaming service.

Bc it's ridiculous. I know streaming services are important , but I think most people go "yea its worth it " or "nah"
they don't jot down in a notebook and keep track of how many programs they watched a month and then average it out.
The reason you used "one time " or " at least 20 times " is bc those are extreme examples, so of course in that case easy to determine whether its worth it or not.

I took the average number of baseball games in a month which is around 25 and did the math on 20 dollars a month. You are acting like this is some sort of complex math problem.

I've never heard anyone talk like that.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.