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Give up on sports and utilize that time (and money from cutting the cable) for something productive, you won't regret it.

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Give up on telling people on the internet how best to relax and which hobbies they should have and utilise that time (and karma from not being a jerk to strangers) for something productive, you won't regret it.

Now you're telling me to give up on my hobby :)

Question: Do you literally spend all of your time on "productive" things? You never watch a movie or tv show, you don't go to a concert or read a comic? You don't listen to a record or play a video game?

I'm pretty sure I'd regret giving those things up.

We live in a sea of available entertainment and sources of amusement. Why be so attached to one particular form of entertainment when the cartel that controls it doesn't make it easy or inexpensive to consume?

Where I live something like 5 football games a week are available in HD for free.

Off topic: Can you stream over the air digital antenna content to a Chromecast directly?

@touchmuchtodo, unfortunately you cannot stream digital antenna content to a Chromecast directly. I would assume it would need a digital signal converter, at the very least. I've been considering getting a TV tuner card for my desktop explicitly for streaming live games to my Chromecasts.

(I couldn't seem to reply to you directly for whatever reason)

Not all my time, but as much as I can bear. Everyone needs to relax and enjoy themselves. I do watch movies and tv shows, but I generally try to choose forms of entertainment that have some educational value (even if it's social commentary, such as in the Simpsons and South Park). Between Netflix and Amazon Prime (and Vimeo and Crackle and all the other options) there is no need to go to see a movie in the theater. I do not go to concerts any more, there are free ones available on YouTube. I read free webcomics like Dilbert and XKCD. I buy PC games during Steam sales. Some forms of entertainment are egregiously expensive in my opinion. That level of inefficiency deserves criticism.

We've already cut the cable, saving us about $1000/year. I played football for more than half my life and love watching it, and am willing to pay for high quality access to it, but I refuse to jump through hoops to do so.

It's not a technical limitation by the cable companies/NFL, it's literally just bureaucratic bullshit.

I think it is probably a business decision.

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