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They gonna get you one way or the other/ Streaming Services
Posted on 2/2/24 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 2/2/24 at 1:42 pm
So I'm doing a rewatch of Homeland on Paramount + Showtime that I have added on to my Prime subscription.
Wednesday night I finish Season 5 ep 6.. Go to work, come home, try to watch ep 7 and it says I have to purchase it.
I look online for a reason, no luck. Everything I read said that Homeland is available on Paramount/Showtime.. I say frickit and go to bed.
Today I find out that it was sold to Hulu at midnight Wednesday night..No warning, no message, nothing. I now have a free trial started with Hulu so I can finish this damn series.
I guess the point to my Topic is they got you by the balls if you are the type person that sees something and wants to watch it. I now have the following because of one or two shows on each one-
Dish premium package
Prime
Paramount+
Max
Apple TV+
and now Hulu...
And I'm sure I'm forgetting one or two..
I wish there was a package that had everything.. I mean EVERYTHING in one service instead of switching between apps and putting your credit card out there multiple times.. Even if it's cost was a little more than all the services combined.
Is there anything like that?
Wednesday night I finish Season 5 ep 6.. Go to work, come home, try to watch ep 7 and it says I have to purchase it.
I look online for a reason, no luck. Everything I read said that Homeland is available on Paramount/Showtime.. I say frickit and go to bed.
Today I find out that it was sold to Hulu at midnight Wednesday night..No warning, no message, nothing. I now have a free trial started with Hulu so I can finish this damn series.
I guess the point to my Topic is they got you by the balls if you are the type person that sees something and wants to watch it. I now have the following because of one or two shows on each one-
Dish premium package
Prime
Paramount+
Max
Apple TV+
and now Hulu...
And I'm sure I'm forgetting one or two..
I wish there was a package that had everything.. I mean EVERYTHING in one service instead of switching between apps and putting your credit card out there multiple times.. Even if it's cost was a little more than all the services combined.
Is there anything like that?
This post was edited on 2/2/24 at 1:44 pm
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Posted on 2/2/24 at 2:02 pm to JDPndahizzy
It was much easier when you had almost everything with just one cable or satellite package, but now they found a way to bleed you much more with a lot of smaller cuts than just the one big cut.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:24 pm to JDPndahizzy
How many people in your household? DO you ever pause any of them when you know you won't be watching for awhile?
I have not seen anythng out there that combines them all, yet. But I suppose if we give it time, it'll be here soon.
Right now I have
Hulu/ESPN+/Disney free through my Verizon account
Prime because we get 2-3 Amazon deliveries a week
Paramount+ with Showtime because the kids love their Paw Patrol
YTTV for the livetv and my wife could probably watch Nick@Nite, ION, or E! all day
I have not seen anythng out there that combines them all, yet. But I suppose if we give it time, it'll be here soon.
Right now I have
Hulu/ESPN+/Disney free through my Verizon account
Prime because we get 2-3 Amazon deliveries a week
Paramount+ with Showtime because the kids love their Paw Patrol
YTTV for the livetv and my wife could probably watch Nick@Nite, ION, or E! all day
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:35 pm to Weekend Warrior79
quote:
Right now I have
Hulu/ESPN+/Disney free through my Verizon account
Prime because we get 2-3 Amazon deliveries a week
Paramount+ with Showtime because the kids love their Paw Patrol
YTTV for the livetv and my wife could probably watch Nick@Nite, ION, or E! all day
We are similar to you.
Verizon gets us Hulu/ESPN/Disney.
We are paying for Netflix, Paramount, and Max.
I dropped YoutubeTV after the college football playoffs finished (and I will pick it back up in August).
I plan on dropping Netflix this month (I haven't done that in over 2 years. I was going to opt in for the cheaper version with commercials. But when giving my kids a heads up, it sounds like they aren't binging anything at the moment).
I plan on paying in full for the year for Paramount (about a 17% discount) and Max (20% discount) later this month. I will even go with the "no commercials" versions. Paramount will give me my local CBS channel for live tv.
The plan is to pickup Netflix when they add a season to something (stranger things, peaky blinders, etc..).
I looked into "no commercials" for YouTube but that is crazy expensive.
And I get free shipping with Amazon on everything because I don't need it next day. I read more bad reviews of Amazon content than good. And as the OP discussed, streaming platforms seem to be leasing out content to other platforms.
I don't feel like I'm missing anything.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 3:43 pm to meansonny
shite like this is why the cable model was superior IMO. And as predicted it’s sort of heading back toward that direction again.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 4:04 pm to CocomoLSU
I don't know, I can't see it getting back to the traditional cable/satellite model. With the streaming services, you can turn off/pause with a click of a button, with cable you have to go through their cancellation dept. Streaming is still cheaper unless you have multiple liveTV versions. And even though the costs of streaming keeps increasing each year, the cost of cable keeps increasing. And until cableTV ends up with the binging options and a robust library, it won't be able to compete with a lot of these other services.
Last I looked, I am still saving ~$40 a month (would have been a $10 a month savings for the first 12 months) with my apps than if I were to go back to cable. And that doesn't include the multiple box costs, DVR add-on costs, ability to record and watch on 2 TVs at the same time add-on...
Last I looked, I am still saving ~$40 a month (would have been a $10 a month savings for the first 12 months) with my apps than if I were to go back to cable. And that doesn't include the multiple box costs, DVR add-on costs, ability to record and watch on 2 TVs at the same time add-on...
Posted on 2/2/24 at 4:06 pm to JDPndahizzy
this is why you buy physical media....
Posted on 2/2/24 at 4:09 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:
shite like this is why the cable model was superior IMO. And as predicted it’s sort of heading back toward that direction again.
I like Ala Carte.
I've wanted it for a decade.
This is good for me.
I was paying about $130/month for directtv with all fees.
Now, it will be about $800/yr including the football season.
This post was edited on 2/2/24 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 2/2/24 at 4:27 pm to meansonny
Posted on 2/2/24 at 4:32 pm to JDPndahizzy
I just instinctively opted for Ad-free Prime because I hate, I'm talking hate, hate commercials...It's why I cut the cord a million years ago.
But after you opt-in, they inform you that all the Add-on channels will still have Ads. That's like 70% of watchable Prime. I mean it's only $3 extra but it's basically worthless to pay it.
Which is now Corporate Sam, jacking your dollars on false promises.
But after you opt-in, they inform you that all the Add-on channels will still have Ads. That's like 70% of watchable Prime. I mean it's only $3 extra but it's basically worthless to pay it.
Which is now Corporate Sam, jacking your dollars on false promises.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 6:14 pm to Weekend Warrior79
quote:
I don't know, I can't see it getting back to the traditional cable/satellite model
I’m not saying it will revert all the way back to that. Just that that’s the direction it’s trending nowadays with services combining and offering packages.
I also don’t know if it will ever be truly a la carte since most channels/networks rely on other larger ones to subsidize them so they can exist because they aren’t too profitable on their own.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 6:37 pm to JDPndahizzy
quote:
Prime
Paramount+
Max
And then I get stuff like Topic and Acorn.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 6:48 pm to Byron Bojangles III
quote:which does nothing if you're trying to watch a new show.
this is why you buy physical media....
Take Top Gun Maverick, for example. Blu ray, assuming you still have a player set up, gets you unlimited views of that... which you eventually get tired of.
Or you get Paramount+ (or MGM+) and stream it as often as your heart desires, and then a few other movies or TV shows.
I'm still hanging onto Disney+, not because I want to rewatch the MCU or Star Wars movies endlessly, but because I will watch the next Mando, etc.
Posted on 2/2/24 at 9:28 pm to JDPndahizzy
Everything should be free
Posted on 2/3/24 at 6:09 am to Scoob
quote:
Take Top Gun Maverick, for example. Blu ray, assuming you still have a player set up, gets you unlimited views of that... which you eventually get tired of.
Or you get Paramount+ (or MGM+) and stream it as often as your heart desires, and then a few other movies or TV shows.
Unless your ISP has a data cap and charges you for anything over 1000 gigs a month like we have with fricking Xfinity. Watching a movie in 4k adds up in data.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 8:15 am to meansonny
How are y’all getting Hulu/disney free with Verizon? I didn’t know that was a thing.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 8:22 am to indytiger
I love how Prime now forces you to watch ads unless you want to pay another $3 for ad-free.
Streaming has become a shite show. For example, Yellowstone is a Paramout show but streams on Peacock. The other Yellowstone spinoffs are only on Paramount+.
Streaming has become a shite show. For example, Yellowstone is a Paramout show but streams on Peacock. The other Yellowstone spinoffs are only on Paramount+.
This post was edited on 2/3/24 at 8:23 am
Posted on 2/3/24 at 9:19 am to Marciano1
quote:I heard about that, haven't experienced it first-hand yet. Last Prime show I watched was Reacher season 2.
I love how Prime now forces you to watch ads unless you want to pay another $3 for ad-free.
I will say that when Prime split a lot of stuff off into FreeVee (or whatever it is), the "amazon" stuff with ads, I have never watched anything there... maybe X Files episodes? I stopped after getting hit with the same ads, and a 2 minute timer.
I don't really dwell on movie libraries like I thought I would. Been years since I rewatched Star Wars or an MCU movie. But if Disney+, for example, goes to ads, what's the difference between their stuff, and TBS? TBS had all the same action movies, the Star Wars and MCU stuff, but with ads. *I just checked, and they also have DC movies and other stuff, like Dune and Godzilla, etc. I guess the only real draw will be new series, then.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 9:33 am to Weekend Warrior79
Damn, you are getting the free Disney package through Verizon? I pay $10/month for that. Which is still a good deal but free is better.
We get Paramount because of Walmart and Peacock through Xfinity.
We wait for Prime Video to run their 2-3 month specials for the channels like BritBox, AMC, etc.
I hate ads so much, that I pay for YouTube Premium. Speaking of which YT needs to offer a discount bundle. YT and YTTV should give you some kind of discount.
We get Paramount because of Walmart and Peacock through Xfinity.
We wait for Prime Video to run their 2-3 month specials for the channels like BritBox, AMC, etc.
I hate ads so much, that I pay for YouTube Premium. Speaking of which YT needs to offer a discount bundle. YT and YTTV should give you some kind of discount.
Posted on 2/3/24 at 3:15 pm to JDPndahizzy
This thread is a good example of what is to come for the streaming industry.
They spent years devaluing their content trying to gain userbase and now people are getting fed up with the constant price increases and have subscription fatigue from having to subscribe to so many different services to get what they want. People are only going to take so much before they say enough.
Then there is the whole piracy angle. With the new apps and services someone can have access to basically anything they want to stream ad-free for practically nothing. The younger generation are embracing this, and I don't see how to reverse the trend long term.
The next few years will see major changes in the industry landscape. Netflix is the gorilla and will be fine, I wonder how many of the others will make it. I think we will end up with 3-4 giants in the end.
They spent years devaluing their content trying to gain userbase and now people are getting fed up with the constant price increases and have subscription fatigue from having to subscribe to so many different services to get what they want. People are only going to take so much before they say enough.
Then there is the whole piracy angle. With the new apps and services someone can have access to basically anything they want to stream ad-free for practically nothing. The younger generation are embracing this, and I don't see how to reverse the trend long term.
The next few years will see major changes in the industry landscape. Netflix is the gorilla and will be fine, I wonder how many of the others will make it. I think we will end up with 3-4 giants in the end.
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