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Has your family ever switched over from cable to internet based television companies like Netflix, Disney +, HBO, or Hulu? Well that is called cord cutting.Cord cutting is when you cancel a subscription to a cable or satellite service. And move to services that are internet based. This is usually cheaper and you can even save money every month. With cable at average being 200 dollars a month people are starting to switch over to internet based services. With services like this it is more accommodating to the needs of the customer. 

To start cord cutting you need to begin with moving to a streaming service that you find interest in. And all you need is a good internet connection and an inexpensive streamer like Roku or Amazon Fire. And they will give you access to lods of streaming services like Netflix,Disney +, HBO, and Hulu. If you are interested in getting local news or sports games you will have to get Live streaming services also. For youtube TV it is around 25 dollars a month. 

Most people say that they move away from traditional cable because most cable companies have long contracts and customers may also be getting channels they don't necessarily care for. Others have said that they just strictly did not use cable enough for how much they were spending on it. Cable is at an all time low right now with major cable companies collectively losing 6 million paid subscribers each year from 2019-2022. But it is not just cable that is stuffing from this. It is affecting our society by losing paid advertisements. With most of the platforms promoting that they are an ad free service, advertisements are losing some of their demographics and having to come up with a different way to reach them. 

Cord cutting will affect our generation by ending cable completely. Millennials and Gen Z are the new generation and they are already seeing a fall in cable. We are more likely to have to pay more money to avoid ads.We also don't want to have to wait a week to see another episode of a show. And a lot of this generation also likes to keep up with shows that are only on streaming services that originals  to the platform.Cord cutting also may affect the poorer demographics more by them getting to choose which platform they are paying for making it cheaper and more convenient for them. 

I think overall why cord cutting is becoming so common in today's world is because if you are trying to cut down something the first thing to go would be cable. Also a lot of it has to do with if you have kids or not because they are part of the reason some people switch over. Cord cutting is very common in America with over half of the American population no longer paying for cable.