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A cord cutter was a trade or profession in Ireland in 1911. I am unable to locate details of what that was, but this article should reflect alternate meanings. Shipsview (talk) 18:09, 27 May 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Intrusive advertising content during transmitted programmes is a major factor in cord cutting behaviour ^[1]. However this is not mentioned in this article.

Personally, I find paying for transmitted content through a cable provider and receiving increasing advertising is a dichotomy. In the UK where I live, we pay for a "TV license" (historically) and get BBC content without adverts. I see cable fees as a similar arrangement but the adverts are still included.

It is becoming increasingly possible to obtain most content without the advertising, either through subscription services (Amazon, Netflix), or downloading. "Game of Thrones" is often cited as the most "pirated" show ever. More people downloaded one of the season finales than watched its transmission ^[2].

Cord cutters can fill their weekly TV hours with content they choose, at a time they choose, and without advertising.

What this means for more product placement within the programmes we will have to see.

Ecoharpo (talk) 12:49, 26 April 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

References

Conspicuous by its absence from the article is mention of cable companies that offer a double-play bundle of Internet and basic TV cheaper than Internet alone. Can someone dig up reliable sources on this? All I have are anecdotal reports that are unsuitable as SPS. --Damian Yerrick (talk) 22:30, 6 September 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It is questionable if and to what extend the costs are a motivation to cut the cabletelevision. Very speculative! It either needs sources or it should be removed. If we are going to speculate, there are more motivations (I am a millennial and I did cut the cord): - not being satisfied with the news in those media - getting annoyed by commercials - desiring to watch the content whenever you want to - not wanting to wait until something is finally being broadcasted (outside the USA mostly) - not having a seperate television (computer with a computer monitor) ... I think I made the point that the introduction is much too speculative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.132.75.218 (talk) 15:41, 2 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What about total cord-cutters who abstain from any TV reception, OTA, via cable or internet? 89.204.138.221 (talk) 17:38, 20 June 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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It would be great to have a chart showing usage levels of cable, satellite, over-the-top and over-the-air-only over time. -- Beland (talk) 18:21, 24 June 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

...the long sentence starting "About half of Americans..." makes no sense as it is. Boscaswell talk 10:10, 19 June 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I keep seeing references throughout the article to "OTT" services but at no point is it explained what an OTT service is, nor do any of the external sources used explain what it is either. I assume it's an acronym? 180.150.115.92 (talk) 10:07, 14 July 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

While many cord cutters ditch the cable and satellite for TV via internet, there are also cord cutters who ditch the cable and satellite for TV via antenna. There are even some cord cutters who get TV via both antenna and internet. Because of this, the article should also provide much more coverage of cord cutters that now get their tv through just antenna or both antenna and internet, not just cord cutters who now get their tv through just the internet. CanadianAndNYer (talk) 22:18, 9 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]