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We use iTunes TV purchases as a la carte dining for specific seasons of stuff we actually want to watch (or the odd episode of something to try it out). Chernob
by scrumper 7y ago
We use iTunes TV purchases as a la carte dining for specific seasons of stuff we actually want to watch (or the odd episode of something to try it out). Chernobyl just showed up on it, for example, so we'll grab that at some point. We pay massively less for an indescribably better viewing experience under this system than we did under cable.
Hopefully that possibility won't go away.
- ilikehurdles 7y agoI doubt it would. With the increase in subscription services, I've started for the first time in my life buying digital tv shows from iTunes rather than the alternative of subscribing to 5 different streaming services to eternally rent 5 different shows (most of which I'd only want to watch occasionally or when a new season releases). I'm pretty sure I could have a several box sets of different shows for the monthly fees I had spent watching reruns of The Office. Streaming has turned spending $70 for a cable TV package to Spending $15 per month per "channel". Hardly a different or better world.
- bryanlarsen 7y ago$35 for a season of a single show seems incredibly expensive compared to $10/month for a bunch of shows. But once you realize how many shows you actually watch, that $35 a month starts seeming pretty cheap...
- scrumper 7y agoExactly. In practice we spend maybe $150 a year. We have Amazon Prime video as a side effect and our cell company pays for Netflix for us. Without those two we’d maybe spend double, but we’re still so much better off this way - not least because we really only watch the stuff we actually want to pay for.