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Multiply that by about 10 subscription services each? Each at 7-11$ a month. I see a supernova

dewey 7y ago
Didn't people also spent large amounts on one cable provider with different packages? Now it's just a bunch of different providers essentially.
- voidwtf 7y ago
  The problem is that now they want us to have a cable subscription to watch all our normal shows and a network specific subscription to watch our favorite shows. Look at what they’ve done with Star Trek as an example. They’re going hard on the content gating and distribution channel diffusion. Literally to the point where Plex+Radarr/Sonarr has become the go to for content I’m already paying for through my cable/Netflix/Prime/HBO subscription. Plex works on all my devices no matter where I am. Netflix doesn’t even do that anymore. Not to mention their latest B.S. of making un-skippable commercials so prevalent on these pay services. I’d be fine paying for every channel I watch individually if they’d stop creating their own little fiefdoms of varying viewing experiences each of which is designed to turn the profit screws a little further. Plex puts it all in one place on all my devices and doesn’t fuck me with a commercial every time I rewind 30 seconds to see something I just missed.
  - vageli 7y ago
    > The problem is that now they want us to have a cable subscription to watch all our normal shows and a network specific subscription to watch our favorite shows. Look at what they’ve done with Star Trek as an example. > They’re going hard on the content gating and distribution channel diffusion. Literally to the point where Plex+Radarr/Sonarr has become the go to for content I’m already paying for through my cable/Netflix/Prime/HBO subscription. I'm a longtime Plex+couch potato/sonarr user and wonder what you get from radarr?
    - slips 7y ago
      Radarr is Sonarr for movies.
    - dbancajas 7y ago
      surprised you didn't know radarr. haha.
      - vageli 7y ago
        I have been lucky with not having to tweak anything in my setup for a few years besides adding/removing indexers. Definitely need to check radarr out!
- rusticpotato 7y ago
  Yeah but psychologically you have to pay ten more bills every month. Not everyone is on full auto pay. Even then, it’s annoying to have ten separate billing dates and such. Also not to mention having to click ten different apps and manage which app has which show - it can quickly get annoying
dagw 7y ago
As long as starting and stopping your subscription is easy enough, there is no reason to have more than 3 of those 10 services active at any one time.

Didn't people also spent large amounts on one cable provider with different packages? Now it's just a bunch of different providers essentially.

voidwtf 7y ago
The problem is that now they want us to have a cable subscription to watch all our normal shows and a network specific subscription to watch our favorite shows. Look at what they’ve done with Star Trek as an example. They’re going hard on the content gating and distribution channel diffusion. Literally to the point where Plex+Radarr/Sonarr has become the go to for content I’m already paying for through my cable/Netflix/Prime/HBO subscription. Plex works on all my devices no matter where I am. Netflix doesn’t even do that anymore. Not to mention their latest B.S. of making un-skippable commercials so prevalent on these pay services. I’d be fine paying for every channel I watch individually if they’d stop creating their own little fiefdoms of varying viewing experiences each of which is designed to turn the profit screws a little further. Plex puts it all in one place on all my devices and doesn’t fuck me with a commercial every time I rewind 30 seconds to see something I just missed.
- vageli 7y ago
  > The problem is that now they want us to have a cable subscription to watch all our normal shows and a network specific subscription to watch our favorite shows. Look at what they’ve done with Star Trek as an example. > They’re going hard on the content gating and distribution channel diffusion. Literally to the point where Plex+Radarr/Sonarr has become the go to for content I’m already paying for through my cable/Netflix/Prime/HBO subscription. I'm a longtime Plex+couch potato/sonarr user and wonder what you get from radarr?
  - slips 7y ago
    Radarr is Sonarr for movies.
  - dbancajas 7y ago
    surprised you didn't know radarr. haha.
    - vageli 7y ago
      I have been lucky with not having to tweak anything in my setup for a few years besides adding/removing indexers. Definitely need to check radarr out!
rusticpotato 7y ago
Yeah but psychologically you have to pay ten more bills every month. Not everyone is on full auto pay. Even then, it’s annoying to have ten separate billing dates and such. Also not to mention having to click ten different apps and manage which app has which show - it can quickly get annoying

dagw 7y ago

As long as starting and stopping your subscription is easy enough, there is no reason to have more than 3 of those 10 services active at any one time.