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I find myself using Bing all the time precisely for this reason. I would love to subscribe to netflix, hulu, hbo, etc but all my favorite TV shows are always o

I find myself using Bing all the time precisely for this reason. I would love to subscribe to netflix, hulu, hbo, etc but all my favorite TV shows are always on different networks. I wouldn't mind paying for the service (but not for 3 of them), but the online streaming mirrors are really good at what they do. Bing just works. Its has significantly less bias than google which is why I always use 2 search engines.

ddtaylor 8y ago
As a subscriber of Netflix it's trash for my tastes now. Many of the shows I did enjoy are no longer on the service and once my subscription runs out I won't be renewing it.
- poe876 8y ago
  I agree. Shows have become more political and less entertaining. And it's only getting worse.
- dleslie 8y ago
  We did this for similar reasons; the documentary and edutainment selection ran dry, and the children's section had a terrible signal/noise. Now we've been without any TV or streaming services for about six months, and relying on a Kodi box and my collection of ripped DVDs. We spend more time together as a family.
  - Kagerjay 8y ago
    Sometimes I use popcorntime.sh (the open github repo mirror), run a VPN, and grab the .torrent file. It only works if there are enough seeders, otherwise I have a seedbox that I FTP into for watching some movies I haven't seen yet.
  - burger_moon 8y ago
    Documentaries just don't pay the bills and I think it's killed off a lot of potential for good content. Chris Bell is someone who I heard talk recently on a podcast about this. He makes documentaries and discussed how hard it is just to break even making a documentary because of how Netflix/HBO/etc structure deals and vendor lock in.
    - 1123581321 8y ago
      Can you please link to the podcast or summarize how the deals are structured?
nashashmi 8y ago
I like bing because as a customer to many of the services I can find out who holds my show. And if I have to buy, who do I buy it from.

ddtaylor 8y ago

As a subscriber of Netflix it's trash for my tastes now. Many of the shows I did enjoy are no longer on the service and once my subscription runs out I won't be renewing it.

poe876 8y ago
I agree. Shows have become more political and less entertaining. And it's only getting worse.
dleslie 8y ago
We did this for similar reasons; the documentary and edutainment selection ran dry, and the children's section had a terrible signal/noise. Now we've been without any TV or streaming services for about six months, and relying on a Kodi box and my collection of ripped DVDs. We spend more time together as a family.
- Kagerjay 8y ago
  Sometimes I use popcorntime.sh (the open github repo mirror), run a VPN, and grab the .torrent file. It only works if there are enough seeders, otherwise I have a seedbox that I FTP into for watching some movies I haven't seen yet.
- burger_moon 8y ago
  Documentaries just don't pay the bills and I think it's killed off a lot of potential for good content. Chris Bell is someone who I heard talk recently on a podcast about this. He makes documentaries and discussed how hard it is just to break even making a documentary because of how Netflix/HBO/etc structure deals and vendor lock in.
  - 1123581321 8y ago
    Can you please link to the podcast or summarize how the deals are structured?

nashashmi 8y ago

I like bing because as a customer to many of the services I can find out who holds my show. And if I have to buy, who do I buy it from.