# Thinking about cutting the cord...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-cutting-the-cord/784514>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 15, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-cutting-the-cord/784514 "2017-04-15T17:43:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-cutting-the-cord/784514/21 "2017-04-18T12:55:46Z")

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> [@D.E.S.K.Top668](#):
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> I now have to consciously want to watch Smokey and the Bandit, find it on one of the services (if it’s on one,) and play it. A lot of time investment for that movie.

You say this like it’s a bad thing. I think the need to actually engage what you’re watching, instead of just opening a door in your forehead and letting whatever the channel carries stream on it, is a huge plus.

> [@kanicbird](#):
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> (Chromecast does not work with the app in the iPhone).

Not all streaming sources are castable. Some are specifically not so.

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