I was asking the same thing, honestly. Like, who even watches regular cable anymore when Netflix and Hulu exist? But I think Charter and Cox are freaking out because they know people are ditching cable TV super fast. They’re losing money to streaming and even cell phone companies offering internet, so they’re trying to team up before it gets worse.

From what I’ve read, when they combine, they’ll be this massive company that can afford to upgrade stuff and give deals on internet to keep people from leaving for streaming. They’re hoping if they’re bigger, they can argue better prices with TV channels or even start their own streaming things. I think it’s kinda like when two small teams in a game decide to work together because they know they can’t win alone.

But let’s be real, a lot of people like me just want cheap, fast internet, so I don’t know if this is really about helping customers or just saving their own butts. But that’s business, I guess.