The key difference is that you don’t have to be subscribed to all of those services at the same time. You can rotate through them.
Watch what you want on Netflix, unsub > sub to Disney and watch what you want, unsub > …
Sure in an ideal world it would be better if everything was on a single cheap service, but sadly that won’t happen.
Or just sail the 7 seas since it’s not convenient to rotate stuff like that, track which service you have etc.
Agreed!
And if you weren’t already convinced, those streaming services will kneecap the service you paid for by only giving lower bitrates, max quality 1080p, etc., unless you use their app. Why would anyone want to avoid using their apps? Because they have malware baked into them that spies on you.
For how shitty cable TV was, at least they couldn’t use that service to eavesdrop on your private conversations, track what you watch, etc. If they find your personal data so profitable and worth taking from you, they should at least offer their service for free and get real consent from you before you use it. Big, bold letters next to the download button that say this service is monetarily free but we will spy on you very hard in exchange for its use.
Until their services stop being shitty, expensive, and crammed full of malware, it’s the 7 seas for me, baby 🏴☠️⛵🏴☠️
you don’t have to be subscribed to all of those services at the same time.
so far. cable in my area also didnt force me to subscribe to all channels until it did.
Or…don’t be subscribed to any of them and watch their content anyways…
I think soon it will be yearly contracts or cancelation fees.
Crave already does an annual fee. IIRC it’s one-time and about $100.
This is the way.
The current model tries to fight back against this by having a release or “broadcast” schedule so the latest season of a show isn’t binge-able. I also think the whole mess relies pretty heavily on FOMO with the current fandom and the desire for a spoiler-free experience. Otherwise, it’s much cheaper to permanently stay a year or two behind everyone else well after full seasons are released (and the reviews are in).
If I’m right, we’ll eventually see more draconian policies to “lock in” subscribers somehow. (I’ll leave it at that - please don’t give them ideas)
What like free blowjobs on renewal?
Who still watches TV?
We, on the balkans because we’re forced to have cable with internet.
Yaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr matey
You are now banned from lemmy.world
As long as there’s no ads I don’t really care about the price. I’ll never watch ad TV as long as I live. Even though I have prime I pirate those shows now.
Yup. It seems crazy to me now that I used to pay for cable and 8-9 minutes of a 30 minute TV show was ads.
What kills me is that cable was actively promoted as “TV without ads” when it was new (see: HBO).
I guess i will ride the high sea. And climb into the torrent
