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I pay for Netflix and HBO Max, and my friends (sorry "my family") use them. I don't pay for Disney+ or Hulu, but I use my friend's (sorry "family's") account.
by yazaddaruvala 6y ago
I pay for Netflix and HBO Max, and my friends (sorry "my family") use them.
I don't pay for Disney+ or Hulu, but I use my friend's (sorry "family's") account.
Additionally, canceling any of these services is trivial, and I can stagger them month by month if I wanted.
- hobby-coder-guy 6y agoAnd no commercials
- FireBeyond 6y agoAnd? I can pirate movies and TV shows, too. I'm not sure how this changes my point.
- yazaddaruvala 6y agoPoint is that cable was stuck to a single household. Streaming is cheaper than cable because we can use it across a few households. Amortize costs down 2x-3x, on top of the fact that added up all these subscriptions still cost 20-30% less than cable. This is just an extra bonus on the easy to cancel aspect, and the no ads aspect. I think longer term you’ll see the Kickstarter/Patreon model for streaming be the final evolution of the Cable to Streaming transition. Which is likely what you’re still waiting for.
- FireBeyond 6y ago> Streaming is cheaper than cable because we can use it across a few households. Amortize costs down 2x-3x, on top of the fact that added up all these subscriptions still cost 20-30% less than cable. You're literally saying "streaming is cheaper if I cheat/pirate/break the TOS". Cable/satellite are even cheaper if you buy a pirate smartcard too, so we're not really making a fair comparison, are we?