For your health.
There were three main reasons I hopped on the cord cutting bandwagon:
1. I got old.
2. I had a kid.
3. Netflix.The kid thing was huge. We don’t let our three-year-old watch a lot of TV, but when we do it’s through No. 3 — Netflix. There’s a great selection of kid-friendly content and no commercials yelling at him in between breaks in the action. …
GigaOm – A lifelong cable hoarder cuts the cord and it’s a relief… kinda

There were three main reasons I hopped on the cord cutting bandwagon: