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I was paying sky in the UK around £70 a month.

I tried to watch Friends on comedy central, which is 20 minutes per episode... each episode had 3 ad slots... 3!!! ad!!! slots... and I was paying £70 a month for that thing, they were trying to milk me out... I've quit sky and I don't miss it at all, and am very glad I quit it.

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I've also abandoned Sky to a combination of BT (my broadband provider) and Amazon Prime on a Firestick. In my experience so far Amazon has much less pre-movie advertising and also doesn't interrupt movie end-credits with a very intrusive ad while you are still in the movie's 'zone', which really annoyed me. The downside is the top-up charges of a few quid over and above prime membership costs to get most good films and TV shows. But for the amount I watch TV, this is still affordable, and the overall range of content is much larger than sky, even if you have to pay extra sometimes.

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