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.”
No more bread, no more circuses. What comes next?
The threat of someone in a weird dress will tell your kid “it’s okay to be gay”, which is “literally pedophilia”, and if you push back against it, they’ll say “um, ackchually, I meant «political pedophilia», which is still very bad because these children are being stripped of their right to make up their mind whether it’s okay to be gay”. (This actually happened in Hungary.)
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Guillotines
In america? They charge us for the luxury of licking sweet delicious boot leather in hope of occasional calories.