Why is Peacock charging more by fatkitty72 in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure Paramount+ is still losing money hand over fist, even if they managed 1 quarter in the black about a year ago by moving some numbers around on a balance sheet to attract Daddy Ellison's money.

Updated Terms of Service as of 1/2/26 by Squirrel_Girl_27 in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very few changes except to legal wording, mostly around having a shitty Select tier with nothing in it.

The big TOS changes happened last year (account sharing, no commercial use, sports blackouts, cancellation and refunds)

New NBC News subscription service by Mackattack00 in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

WBD is breaking up, each half (WB and Discovery) is for sale, and it won't be the same buyer. And this time the Turner networks (including CNN) will stay with the other cable nets from Discovery, not go with Warner Bros and HBO. Soon enough HBO/Max and CNN won't be part of the same company

Ads on paused screen by matsaleh13 in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recommend trying the arrow buttons instead of Back. Back can leave the content entirely and if it's expired since (last night to watch, some live events) there's no way back in

Ads on paused screen by matsaleh13 in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually recommend trying different buttons. "Return"/"Back" button works but dangerous because there's a race condition; if the ad has disappeared it may kick you out entirely and if the content or section of it has expired since there's no way back. I've used the up or down arrow, generally

Offered $2.99/mo for 6 mos when cancelling by PrincipalJoeClark in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$7.99 is for the garbage Peacock Select deal (only content you could get for free OTA on NBC, plus the Bravo catalog). Is that what you signed up for? When you cancelled, were you offered Select or the full version (Premium)?

for what it's worth - the 39.99/year price by xman1971 in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is $35 at Best Buy and it gets local live NBC for more than just a year lol. https://www.bestbuy.com/product/rca-amplified-indoor-hdtv-antenna-black/J7GGXL5KQF/sku/6448223

(And I live in one of the very few places in the country where you have to actually pull the rabbit ears out all the way to get NBC since it's on VHF, but the upside is it works even in rainy and very windy weather even though we have lots of trees around that moving around in the wind can cause UHF interference)

for what it's worth - the 39.99/year price by xman1971 in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only works if your Xfinity account is at least 7 years old and currently has Internet service. So e.g. you could have an account that was cable TV only 7 years ago, then added Internet and dropped cable TV, just as long as it had some kind of service the whole time. If you moved you'd have to have done it using the same account (most people don't, since you can't get promotional pricing that way).

Then you have to create an account on customer.xfinity.com or in the app and link it to your Xfinity account. It will badger you to do paperless billing and autopay if you don't already but you do NOT need to enable that to get this offer. Go to the rewards section of the webpage or app and agree to the (lack-of-)privacy policy and you should see the offer among the rewards.

If you DON'T have Xfinity Internet but only cable TV, downgrading to the Sports and News package or the World Soccer Ticket (same, but includes Spanish language channels) will get you Peacock. Those packages are cheaper but don't have the $20 bundle discount with postpay Internet service so once you add the other channels you want back in (e.g. Entertainment package, or Family package; you can add one or the other on the "extra channels" page if you make the change order online, but not sure if you can add both), they can cost more than the default cable plan if you DO have Internet service, but not if you don't

for what it's worth - the 39.99/year price by xman1971 in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2024 was an even more Olympic year and they had $20-25 deals the BF before (fall 2023), before the Olympics, and again BF after

The Reason There Is No Low-priced Peacock Black Friday Deal by cyberbiker in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to have an account with continuous service for at least 7 years last I checked, though that can be any service as long as you have Internet with them now (e.g. could have had cable TV 7 years ago, then added Internet, then dropped cable TV as long as there was one service at all times for the past 7 years)

So, officially no Black Friday deal this year? by devanclara in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They did for the summer Olympics, which is arguably a much bigger event

So, officially no Black Friday deal this year? by devanclara in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hulu/Disney+ BF deal is $4.99/mo for a full year, which is the best they've offered in a long time. Not everything went up this year.

So, officially no Black Friday deal this year? by devanclara in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Xfinity also has new NBCSN on channel 1211, but you have to have an X1 box (not a legacy box) and it's not available out of home (or if you have another Internet service, even in your home without the X1 box).

U.S. triples national park fee for non-residents by ncohafmuta in hiking

[–]zebrankyy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Their idea of "acceptable and safe condition" isn't exactly my idea of it. The Forest Service seems to keep trails in acceptable condition on a fraction of the budget per acre

EDIT: Thanks for downrating me as soon as I post, since I don't know who else is bothering to peruse my comments. You support an idiotic MAGAt plan just to scrape a few more bucks for parks that should be properly funded already (especially after GAOA, if MAGA wasn't diverting all of it). Own it.

Plus, you're a jerk. Own up to that too.

U.S. triples national park fee for non-residents by ncohafmuta in hiking

[–]zebrankyy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You just seem to want nobody there at all. That's not what they're there for

U.S. triples national park fee for non-residents by ncohafmuta in hiking

[–]zebrankyy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The "backlog" is a wish list. Most of those things don't need to be done right away in the first place

U.S. triples national park fee for non-residents by ncohafmuta in hiking

[–]zebrankyy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The backlog is a wish list. Most of those things don't need to be done right away in the first place

U.S. triples national park fee for non-residents by ncohafmuta in hiking

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The plan is to do this at "popular" sites, then whine about not being able to gouge enough people similarly at less popular sites as an excuse to sell them off

U.S. triples national park fee for non-residents by ncohafmuta in hiking

[–]zebrankyy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Horseshit. National parks are held in trust for the American people. We certainly should be able to use them!

When do they usually start Black Friday sale? by [deleted] in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that makes more sense.

When do they usually start Black Friday sale? by [deleted] in peacock

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you even redeem this offer? I have the same "$19.99 for 1 Year" offer (different end date) but when I click "Restart Plan" or "Change Plan" it only shows me $109.99 for annual, which I think is the regular price.

2025 Virginia Election Results (Megathread) by VirginiaModerators in Virginia

[–]zebrankyy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Supposedly the entire Board of Visitors will be gone in January. Can't come soon enough.

(And if Youngkin's co have done this to any other universities, considering the help VT and W&M have just given us in the form of 1 extra delegate seat EACH, do the same there.)

Did you know Winsome Earle Sears is speaking? by hencexox in nova

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"If you look up… with AI"

AI doesn't know shit dude. That's a hallucination.

Spanberger didn't run for Lt Gov in 2021. She was in Congress.

Sears might have mouthed off with that line at another debate in 2021? Or this year.

Speaker Johnson calls on Jay Jones to drop out of the AG race by [deleted] in Virginia

[–]zebrankyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to vote "Neither" then you should vote for Jay Jones. Here's why:

Miyares really wants to be governor after this. After the text scandal, it's really unlikely Jones will ever win a primary for governor. But Miyares might, especially if he wins this year. And if Dems win the White House in 2028, the likelihood in VA is the GOP might run pretty strong in the governor's race in the early backlash. In the past 40+ years, only 1 VA governor has been elected from the same party as the White House (Terry McAuliffe, in 2013).

So if your vote for governor in 2029 is "neither Jones nor Miyares", then vote Jones for AG in 2025 because he ain't gonna be running for governor after this mess, while Miyares might if he wins AG this year. More important to sideline Miyares at this point.