re: The CW will be pulling their shows from Netflix possibly as soon as this Spring

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I'm seriously about to ditch all of these streaming services and just stream these shows illegally.

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This is what will happen (again) if that happens:

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I'm really sick of every single company trying to build their own streaming service. People cut cords so they could pay less on their cable bill. After a while we are going to be paying close to the same again with site after site forcing us to buy their new streaming service. Something has got to give.

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NETFLIX is aiming for domination with almost 90 feature films on the books for 2019. They are courting major players for original content. CW and the likes will come back around on certain properties once they realize people aren't into so many streaming options.

NETFLIX is betting that people don't want to bother adding so many different streaming services or missing out especially when some of these big features arrive (Shaft and Triple Frontier are generating buzz)

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I think Netflix is playing this very smartly. I don't want to have multiple streaming services and I doubt most do. If I get rid of cable and pay the same for all these streaming services then what is the point? I will gladly keep Netflix if they keep putting out great original content and that seems to be their intention. I think one of the streaming services that will be able to compete will be Disney. But people won't ditch Netflix for Disney, they will have both or just have Disney because they are such big fans or have children. I feel like those two will be able to exist alongside each other.

Welcome to my world. No way would I pay for all those services

No I think this is kind of similar to the MCU, all the studios started falling over themselves trying to get their own shared universes going thinking that’s what audiences wanted, ignoring what actually made it successful.

Yes some of these may have a solid library but once that gets burned through who will continue paying you $10-15 a month for it? Someone needs to bring something else to the table or they’ll end up losing their arse.

The ones that seem built for the long haul are Netflix, Prime, and likely Disney after their Fox acquisition. Hulu seems aware they can’t compete on original content so they’ve started moving towards streaming TV, but that’s getting fairly competitive. Then again having Disney as a majority shareholder now can’t hurt

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I'm really sick of every single company trying to build their own streaming service. People cut cords so they could pay less on their cable bill. After a while we are going to be paying close to the same again with site after site forcing us to buy their new streaming service. Something has got to give.

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Which is why I prefer the old tv model. Watching with a Guide and DVR is far superior than switching from App to App especially when it is constantly making you reenter your login information.

Ain't nobody paying a separate fee to watch season 3 of Supernatural. If they are, they need to shower and find some companionship.