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Streaming services add ads and price hikes, hiding true monthly cost

People who subscribe to multiple streaming services struggle to see the real monthly cost because hidden ads and price hikes are not reflected in the advertised price.

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• I do my own bookkeeping for client work, so I like to know exactly what things cost me each month. The latest round of streaming price increases had me looking closely at what our household actually pays across four services now that ads are showing up even on the higher tiers. The sticker price was never the honest number to begin with, since the ad time has its own cost in attention, and nobody…