The $970 Streaming Bill

Well. Someone's misinformed here, I'll break it down for ya though. I attached a screenshot of the pricing for the most popular streaming services, and if you look at the bottom, if you have all 9 services, you're paying $80.91 a month, or $970.92 a year. And! You don't even own it. If you look at the second screenshot, I attached a 22TB HDD for $239.99. Just about 1/4 of what a year of all 9 streaming services would cost... Oh and if you didn't know, Movies are roughly 2-5GB if you can find them in a well transcoded format, meaning with 22TB, you can OWN and KEEP 4,500 or so Movies.

A social media post compares the annual cost of nine streaming services with the one-time price of a 22TB hard drive. The punchline is that streaming costs nearly $1,000 per year without giving the user ownership, while downloaded movies can be stored and kept permanently on the drive. It is used as an anti-streaming and media-ownership reaction, often implying piracy or digital archiving. EN: A social media post compares the annual cost of nine streaming services with the one-time price of a 22TB hard drive. The punchline is that streaming costs nearly $1,000 per year without giving the user ownership, while downloaded movies can be stored and kept permanently on the drive. It is used as an anti-streaming and media-ownership reaction, often implying piracy or digital archiving.

• @gentoomemes / 17379 2025-05-19