Current Events > Man, I miss when streaming services were simple and consolidated >_>

(+) Yeah! (+)

Now every fucking station is pulling out to make their own service and it's horseshit. Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Peacock, AMC+, Discovery+, ESPN+, CBS All Access, Apple TV+, Sling, HBO Max, Amazon Prime.

Remember when it was just Netflix? Then it turned into Netflix and Hulu. Now we gotta pay like ~$10+ for like 5 services instead of just 1 or 2 max to get all the shows we want lol. People are just gonna go back to pirating again >_>



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Plan a posse of subscription mooching with your friends so one has Netflix, one has Hulu, etc.

Or just subscribe for a month, binge what you want, then unsub and do another one.

Or, you know, just go back to the old ways >_>

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Plex is the best streaming service for this reason

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ce pizza

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KyoryuCyan posted...

Plex is the best streaming service for this reason

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Yeah it's really fucking annoying. Cord cutting was about savings costs and watching the shows you like, not about spreading your money to as many companies as posible

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Just pick one or 2 you really like and go with that.

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At least they have no contract services though.

So if you really want to be hardcore about it you can just get a month here and there of whichver service has the thing you want to watch

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AlisLandale posted...

Or, you know, just go back to the old ways >_>

exactly lol

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It's still a ton better than cable. I can start up or cancel my subscription at anytime with a couple of clicks.

Trying to cancel cable is like pulling teeth.
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harley2280 posted...

It's still a ton better than cable. I can start up or cancel my subscription at anytime with a couple of clicks.

...for now

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>_>

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on one hand, yeah, its annoying that there's a bajillion streaming services instead of just a single one.

on the other, from a business POV, i dont blame them for trying to capitalize off their own IPs like that...

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same price as cable, but you get more content you will actually watch when you want it.
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since there are so many services i no longer feel hype for tv shows. used to be that there would be a show like breaking bad or game of thrones or whatever that everyone was watching, so i wanted to watch too and join in on it. now i hear about some new show coming out and i just dont care 99% of the time because its on some service i dont get

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Cable:
-you need to be within range of service
-might have to get it bundled with services you don't want for a cheaper price
-have to renew service every year or else deal with increased expenses
-surprise fees for whatever reason
-worse quality than streaming on a PC unless you're willing to more than $200 a month for hundreds of channels you don't want

Even if you pay for all streaming services it's still cheaper than Cable. Streaming services also come bundled. You can get Disney and Hulu bundled together.
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Beveren_Rabbit posted...

same price as cable, but you get more content you will actually watch when you want it.

I actually use my parent's Sling account, and the programming of cable is abysmal.

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s0nicfan posted...

Exactly lol

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It really goes to show you that corporations can and will fuck you over for profits. We will never live in a society where the corporations pander to the consumer at reasonable rates

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There's a lot of good free stuff you can find on Roku/Firesticks

Tubi tv and roku channel are great

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