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Prices are going up because there is no competition. All these services have different selections of content, and paradoxically the more of them there are, the
by Joeri 6y ago
Prices are going up because there is no competition. All these services have different selections of content, and paradoxically the more of them there are, the smaller the slice each one gets, and the more services you need to subscribe to in order to have a well rounded selection. If you are fine with the old model, where the station picks your programming for you, then this model is an on demand continuation of that, but if you would like a model like in music streaming where all services carry mostly the same content but provide a different UX, you are out of luck.
I’m currently subscribed to four streaming services, and disney hasn’t even launched in my area. It is too much. I’m going to get rid of a few, and just start pirating content again. There are many shows and movies I can’t get on any streaming service anyway, but the pirate bay carries them all in bluray quality.
- chii 6y ago> all services carry mostly the same content but provide a different UX, you are out of luck. and hence the return to channel bittorrent.
- itskwanyall 6y agoI’d try and confirm that but the UX on Prime Video is so bad I can never tell what’s actually exists on the platform
- jbay808 6y agoHeh, I recently found out that season one of a show I'm watching is exclusive to platform A, and season two to platform B... It's madness.
- imdoor 6y agoThe situation was very similar in US in the past with film studios owning their own movie theaters and showing their movies only there [1]. Then movie producers got broken off of movie distributors. I would like the same happen to streaming platforms. Until then, i can't see any meaningful competition happening in this space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pic....
- gridlockd 6y agoAre you even watching all that crap? Or is it just that you want a huge collection of media to choose from? I'm almost exclusively renting, at this point. Decent selection and it comes out cheaper.