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Star Trek new season got canceled just recently, because Paramount pulled it off Netflix. It was due to start coming days. Now people have ti wait until 2022 an

Star Trek new season got canceled just recently, because Paramount pulled it off Netflix. It was due to start coming days. Now people have ti wait until 2022 and get the then available paramount subscription on top of Netflix, Disney, and A+. Who is willing to do that? I bet many people will opt for illegal downloads again.

comeonseriously 5y ago
The only winning move is not to play. I think a lot of people will just do without.
HWR_14 5y ago
I thought Paramount didn't put any of their new Star Trek shows on Netflix.
- easton 5y ago
  They only did that in the US, Netflix had international distribution rights.
criddell 5y ago
If it's easy enough to start and stop a subscription, lots of people will do it. My family wanted to watch Mandalorian so we subscribed to Disney+. It took us two months to get through the series so it only cost $15 or so which seems like a pretty good deal for that many hours of TV. Since I subscribed via Apple, cancelling was painless. We did the same with Peacock for a different show. HBO, Hulu, and Netflix seem to have enough stuff that we watch that we've stayed subscribed to those for years now.
ChrisLTD 5y ago
Which Star Trek season was cancelled? I can't find any news on it.
- timbit42 5y ago
  It wasn't canceled. It not available to stream outside the US anymore.
6chars 5y ago
To clarify for anyone in the US, this applies to everyone _outside_ the US. Previously, Paramount released Star Trek: Discovery on Paramount+ in the US and Netflix everywhere else. Now it's Paramount+ everywhere, only that doesn't exist everywhere yet. It's amazing to me that the company feels that the benefits of this outweigh the goodwill it costs them among the fanbase. Trekkies are going apeshit over this. It makes me more hesitant to buy Star Trek media in the future, and I'll admit I'm not one to change my buying patterns based on companies' behavior ordinarily.
- mattnewton 5y ago
  Why would they pull it before having a replacement ready? Is this just classic US-first thinking where the rest of the world kinda fell through the cracks?
  - 6chars 5y ago
    Seems like it. I imagine there were a lot of people at Paramount who were unhappy with this, but who weren't empowered to stop it from happening. I want to believe that Paramount is a good steward of the franchise, so I'm hoping we'll eventually get an explanation of how this was somehow unavoidable because of how Netflix does business or some weird contractual stuff. The timing was so abrupt that I really doubt this was just a horrible rash decision. That's totally still possible though.
- LinAGKar 5y ago
  Not just that, they're not releasing them yet outside the USA and Canada even in places that do have Paramount+, such as the Nordics. So outside the USA and Canada, Prodigy and Discovery are pirate-exclusives even if you are subscribed to Paramount+.

comeonseriously 5y ago

The only winning move is not to play. I think a lot of people will just do without.

HWR_14 5y ago

I thought Paramount didn't put any of their new Star Trek shows on Netflix.

easton 5y ago
They only did that in the US, Netflix had international distribution rights.

criddell 5y ago

If it's easy enough to start and stop a subscription, lots of people will do it. My family wanted to watch Mandalorian so we subscribed to Disney+. It took us two months to get through the series so it only cost $15 or so which seems like a pretty good deal for that many hours of TV. Since I subscribed via Apple, cancelling was painless. We did the same with Peacock for a different show. HBO, Hulu, and Netflix seem to have enough stuff that we watch that we've stayed subscribed to those for years now.

ChrisLTD 5y ago

Which Star Trek season was cancelled? I can't find any news on it.

timbit42 5y ago
It wasn't canceled. It not available to stream outside the US anymore.

6chars 5y ago

To clarify for anyone in the US, this applies to everyone _outside_ the US. Previously, Paramount released Star Trek: Discovery on Paramount+ in the US and Netflix everywhere else. Now it's Paramount+ everywhere, only that doesn't exist everywhere yet. It's amazing to me that the company feels that the benefits of this outweigh the goodwill it costs them among the fanbase. Trekkies are going apeshit over this. It makes me more hesitant to buy Star Trek media in the future, and I'll admit I'm not one to change my buying patterns based on companies' behavior ordinarily.

mattnewton 5y ago
Why would they pull it before having a replacement ready? Is this just classic US-first thinking where the rest of the world kinda fell through the cracks?
- 6chars 5y ago
  Seems like it. I imagine there were a lot of people at Paramount who were unhappy with this, but who weren't empowered to stop it from happening. I want to believe that Paramount is a good steward of the franchise, so I'm hoping we'll eventually get an explanation of how this was somehow unavoidable because of how Netflix does business or some weird contractual stuff. The timing was so abrupt that I really doubt this was just a horrible rash decision. That's totally still possible though.
LinAGKar 5y ago
Not just that, they're not releasing them yet outside the USA and Canada even in places that do have Paramount+, such as the Nordics. So outside the USA and Canada, Prodigy and Discovery are pirate-exclusives even if you are subscribed to Paramount+.