Gave up TV

[Nickyd£g]

I was so upset with the biased BBC reporting on the Scottish referendum I decided I no longer wanted to pay my license fee of £12.12 per month.  I don't watch TV a huge amount anyway, and never had satellite/cable anyway, so I called the TV licensing this morning and cancelled it. They are refunding me £84! (And, the rep didn't sound at all surprised when I gave her my reason why, I know a lot of Scots wh have done the same!).

[Hannah]

Now you will have to wait for Season 3 of Call the Midwife to come out on Netflix- But seriously good for you. I am sure you will find better things to do with your time and money now.

My Dad is constantly cancelling newspapers due to their slanted coverage on some issue or another.

[Nickyd£g]

Yep, I'm totally fine waiting to see DrWho or the Great British Bake Off on iPlayer or some other series' on Netflix.  I did feel a little reactionary cancelling it but was honestly very upset by the poor investigative reporting - and I don't see why Brits should have to pay £145 a year to license an "impartial" BBC!

[paleogirl]

I gave up TV over a year ago right after my ex-husband moved out of my house (and straight into is now-wife's arms ... but that's a whole different story). In fact, when he took his TV back, I never bothered to get a new one. Life's too short to spend it parked in front of a screen watching other people live theirs, anyway, and I definitely don't want to spend my time with my son doing THAT. (We have joint custody, 50/50.)

[TurtleMarkets]

I am trying. I watch very little but I really want to cut it down to 1 or 2 hours a week. There are a few shows I like. F - it, starting today I will only watch 1 hour a week of shows and 1 movie from Netflix per week.

[falcondisruptor]

I've never paid for cable, but watch too much tv using the internet and our bunny ears. 

Congrats on cutting the cord!

[zolotiyeruki]

Congratulations on getting some of your life back!  After we moved 3.5 years ago, we didn't get cable, and a few months later got rid of the TV as well (we weren't using it).  There are a few shows we'll watch, but we're pretty choosy, and they're all available online.