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hedoratoday at 12:13 AM4 repliesview on HN

Only 36% pays for cable TV. Seems pretty comparable to me.

https://www.cablecompare.com/blog/us-cable-subscriber-statis...


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culitoday at 12:23 AM

If anyone's curious, 98.4% of US households had television in the mid 90s (most likely the peak). In 1960 it was 90%.

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Catloafdevtoday at 12:21 AM

That's a higher percentage of the population than those who voted for the winning candidate in the last presidential election.

I wouldn't say that's comparable to ~15%.

vel0citytoday at 12:21 AM

There's a pretty radical difference between the statements "I don't have cable" and "I don't even own a TV".

I know lots of people who spend an immensely unhealthy amount of time in front of TVs (even me from time to time, not judging), and few of them have a cable subscription.

numpad0today at 12:22 AM

Over 60% uses Twitter in Japan, behind only to LINE and YouTube. Also comparable if English was not language of business.