Or when people get rid of cable and satellite and crow about the savings, but then start stacking subscriptions like Sling TV, Netflix, Hulu, Tivo, etc - sure, there are some good alternatives out there, but when you subscribe to every alternative, I'm not sure how much you're saving vs a full cable package. We were thisclose to cutting the cord. We had stacked both Slingtv and Playstation Vue (to cover all the channels we want) and added Hulu and still would've save $40-50 a month. The only thing that stopped us was how crappy live sports looked via this route. Well, that and how much my wife likes DVRing shows that aren't available to stream. EDIT: Forgot to add that we already have Netflix and Amazon Prime, so we don't count that as it's a current expense. Add them and it's still cheaper cutting.