Cable TV is very expensive and mostly a giant disappointment. There’s never really “anything to watch” and those 700+ channels seem to be the same couple of dozen channels in various aspect ratios. It’s crap. But it’s also the only thing people talk about in 2013, what they see on the TV.
https://gizmodo.com/confessions-of-a-cord-cutter-why-im-back-after-2-5-ye-1059563449
