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One thing I'm noticing with cable-cutting is that the market is getting more fragmented. Instead of just getting Netflix and watching free Hulu with ads, now y
by CoolGuySteve 10y ago
One thing I'm noticing with cable-cutting is that the market is getting more fragmented. Instead of just getting Netflix and watching free Hulu with ads, now you have to get Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO Now, pay for Hulu, buy the Starz app, pay for MLB, etc. in order to compose all the content you want.
It's equivalent to buying cable packages where you spend money on a bundle engineered to have only 20% of what you want. The only difference is that it's all video-on-demand now.
- serge2k 10y ago> The only difference is that it's all video-on-demand now And ad free, or pretty much (HBO sometimes has a minute of ads before episodes, at least those are sometimes worth watching. That's how I found about westworld, for example). I'd buy cable if it was ad free (and cheaper). Right now I have netflix, hulu plus, amazon prime (+ motortrend for 5 bucks), hbo now, and nhl gamecenter. It's not cheap, and it's not the best experience going through apps. It's still better than ads.
- alistairSH 10y agoI don't know. Netflix appears to have added a lot of licensed content over the last year. $10/month for Netflix vs $65/month for basic Fios TV. I could add HBO Now for $15/month and still be money ahead.
- dexterdog 10y agoNetflix removes as much or more than it adds.
- sundaeofshock 10y agoThat assumes you want all that content. One of the reasons I cut cable is becuase I didn't want to pay for content that I never looked at. The only content I pay for now is HBO Now and Amazon Prime, plus streaming movie rentals. If I want sports, I usually just go to a bar. If I want the BBC (which I do), I just VPN into the UK and watch stuff.
- CoolGuySteve 10y agoI also don't want to pay for content I don't watch, which is 80% of Netflix and Amazon Prime.
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