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I rotate through streaming services every few months, catching up on the latest shows then canceling. I much prefer this to traditional cable!
by azhenley 8y ago
I rotate through streaming services every few months, catching up on the latest shows then canceling.
I much prefer this to traditional cable!
- SubiculumCode 8y agoThis. HBO doesnt have enogh to justify keeping them on all thr time, but once a year ill get it for 2 months to catch up. Then its to another, etc.
- moviuro 8y agoDo you lose all content associated with your account each time, though? Like "sub-profiles", already watched shows, language preferences, etc.?
- iainmerrick 8y agoWho cares? Is any of that particularly valuable? Setting up your language prefs again surely only takes a minute or two.
- moviuro 8y agoNot having to skim through already-watched or downvoted shows is a gain of time, which is probably valuable if one takes the time to (un)subscribe regularly.
- tristanperry 8y agoYou don't with Netflix - you can just re-subscribe whenever you would like.
- bluetidepro 8y agoYou don't with most of them. I do the same as OP. With most of them (Hulu, Prime, and Netflix) you are just "deactivating" it so they don't charge you. All your watchlists, settings, etc. are still saved, so once you resume the service you still have all that setup. It's really not a hassle at all.
- alkonaut 8y agoI think this is becoming the new normal. Especially when each provider has one or two massive and expensive "hit" shows. But once enough people do this, they'll just change the structure to something that doesn't really allow it, e.g. $50 for the fist month, $20/mo after that or $200 for the year.