I cancelled too! I really wanna see what excuse Microsoft will pull out to walk back the changes.

Hit 'em where it hurts, people.

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    Just canceled my 4 year old subscription. Can’t wait to hear the complaints from my kid but Netflix is likely next.

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      The missus and I sat down about a year ago and tabulated up how much all of the various streaming subscriptions were costing us per year (it was close to $1,000 when including YouTube Premium).

      We cancelled every single one, and put that money towards building a home NAS and filling that up with downloaded media. No more ads, stupidly low bitrates, or TV shows & movies disappearing because a license expired.

      The server has more than paid for itself at this point, and every additional spare dollar is being put aside for our kids’ tuition.

      ETA: Consider doing the same, your kid’ll likely thank you in the long run!

      PS: Never too late to introduce them to all of your favourite classic games, either - though that one may be a bit harder to get them onboard 🤣

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        I have a 16TB server and an extensive steam collection. I already explained it to him and he was fine about it.

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          Even better! What are you running on your server?

          Ours is just an old QNAP I dug out of storage with 4x8TB drives in RAID5 - but am eager to try out HexOS on a proper system once I have some spare time.