That's exactly why people do cord cutting. They get pay something similar (or less) than what you do, and they never have to worry about that.
The last time I signed up for Dish, I signed up for a month-to-month deal. When I tried to cancel, they told me that I was under contract. When the installer came, the paperwork they'd generated included a checkbox (pre-checked) that forced it to be a contract rather than month-to-month. So they gave me the wrong paperwork, which I signed assuming it was what they'd told me it was, and so I was stuck with a contract.
That was the last time I signed up for a contract for TV service. I've been a cord cutter ever since.