Could your parents afford Sky growing up?

Growing up as a kid in the 00s, Sky TV was seen (probably just by me) as the absolute pinnacle of luxury living. My parents whilst not flush with cash were fairly tight (Irish mother, old school father who’s happy to make do with the 4 channels), so this is a few years before freeview came in and you had one of those freeview boxes.

Absolutely longed for the days we had Sky, my nan used to have it and I’d be in awe at watching Braniac on Sky One, The Simpsons, sports, it was like a fantasy of my best dreams as a 9-12 year old.

I think this wore off when I was like 13/14 and the internet took over and Sky became a bit less relevant because stuff like Netflix followed a few years later.

For that period from like 7-13 though in the early 00s I remember seeing Sky as like an absolute pipe dream for luxury living, but it was quite expensive maybe? And also I might be imagining it, but my parents aren’t/weren’t tech savvy at all so probably couldn’t be bothered with the faff of it all and stuck to the basics.

Am I just imagining my views of Sky?!