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Cable lobby and Republicans fight proposed ban on early termination fees / Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say::Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say.

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[–] [email protected] 119 points 11 months ago (12 children)

Why do Republicans love enshittification so much?

[–] [email protected] 90 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Because they get paid to endorse it.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Not the voters though.

That's the part that's wild.

Many Republicans have cable, and probably even complained in the past about being ripped off with something related to their cable (no one I know loves to complain about losing money more than the Republicans I know).

And yet they vote for people that actively try to prevent that pain from going away.

It's like they are all masochists voting in as extreme sadists as possible so their representatives will hurt them more.

"Ohhh Daddy, tie up the FCC and spank me with more monopolistic cable fees."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Because being able to cancel cable TV service without paying a fee is "socialism".

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