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by derivagral 1882 days ago
In my region of the US, sports were literally subsidized by the cable bill. You paid an extra itemized fee for the privilege of regional sports programming even if you never turned your TV on. This is part of why I ended up going full internet, but due to bundling discounts the savings were not actually that impressive.

I wonder if we'll get a similar institution demanding something from our ISP bills. You can see the slow decline of ESPN[0] as it gets eaten by the internet, and I'm curious what'll happen as the money pie in that vertical decreases and how it affects professional leagues.

[0] https://nextlevel.finance/updated-espn-subscribers-and-espn-...