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Red_Redditor_Reddit t1_jdsu60r wrote

>As others have mentioned, just because you have no use for it doesn't mean it shouldn't exist for the others who want it.

All I'm asking is what that reason is. If I knew what that reason was I wouldn't be asking. I'm not saying you here, but I don't understand why nobody answers my question and talks like a horses butt.

>And I'm not sure why you seem to care so much.

I'm just wondering.

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Takseen t1_jdsu3k5 wrote

I think he'd feel too much shame to go back. And he felt a lot of affinity towards the locals, being one of the few who learnt their language and tried to respect their customs.

He would probably also be concerned that if he did go back, further expeditions would be sent to try and find the beast's corpse or more things like it, bringing more disruption to the locals and the ecology.

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BranWafr t1_jdstijn wrote

There are many people who live in remote areas where high speed internet is hard to get or is very expensive. In many cases there will be data caps, so streaming everything would eat up all their data. Broadcast television may be their only option for reliable viewing. Plus, some people only care about local programming. They may just want the local news and sports. Why pay a monthly bill for that when you can get it for free with an antenna?

As others have mentioned, just because you have no use for it doesn't mean it shouldn't exist for the others who want it. And I'm not sure why you seem to care so much.

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MacProguy t1_jdstewj wrote

I know this must be hard for you to understand, but many areas outside of a city dont even have basic internet, certainly not affordable or streaming capable internet.

So yeah a large percentage of the US still probably uses OTA programming.

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willtag70 t1_jdss9eg wrote

I, I, I, I, I...

Lots of people aren't you.

"A new study from Horowitz Research's State of OTA 2022 report shows us nearly one in five TV content viewers use antennas for over-the-air broadcasts and that antenna ownership has increased among viewers from 18-49 by 9% in the past year alone — a number that grew from 14% in 2021 to 23% in 2022."

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