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This isn't a very strong post. Customers are losing because you can't access an episode of a show you like? Difficulty in watching some things has been present

This isn't a very strong post. Customers are losing because you can't access an episode of a show you like? Difficulty in watching some things has been present from the earliest days of streaming, and has only been less of a pain as the world has moved away from cable. (I never had DVR, so the pre-streaming world for me meant either watch it live, record it to VHS, or maybe catch it "On Demand".) I know what it's like to be in your situation (usually when trying to stream live sports), but the remedy is almost always to do a bit of research and decide if you want to take the path they want you to take. I'm very happy with the streaming landscape right now, and I think it's way better than it was five years ago.

CyanLite4 5y ago
It’s a little more complicated than “an episode”. For instance, the most popular cable program “Yellowstone” is on the Paramount Network. New episodes are shown there for a few days, but prior episodes are on NBC’s Peacock network. Many other popular shows are that way—new episodes on one platform (Chicago Med on Hulu), prior episodes on another platform (earlier eps in Netflix). The Star Trek franchise is a grab bag between Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu and Paramount+.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago
  TV app on macOS and iOS solves this problem, outside of stuff on Netflix. I know it is a solution only for Apple users, but if a content owner does not want to make it easy for people, then that is the content owner’s problem.
- LanceH 5y ago
  There are some college sports that are maddening. Need cable type subscription to get the Big Ten Network, but some of the games appear on the subscription service B1G. Their presence on one or the other is mutually exclusive. Then some matches will appear on ESPN, or if somehow popular enough on an actual network. And that's just to follow a single team. The thing is that everything is sliced up and packaged not to present a single package of what the customer wants. Rather, it is packaged so that what the customer wants is distributed across multiple packages which must all be purchased separately. Look at the NFL - Monday night football ESPN, Thursday Amazon Prime, Sunday Night - NBC, Sunday Day - various. I'm just done chasing. Bring me my entire team's season or get no money from me at all. I can understand the odd game out, but this has been deliberate.

CyanLite4 5y ago

It’s a little more complicated than “an episode”. For instance, the most popular cable program “Yellowstone” is on the Paramount Network. New episodes are shown there for a few days, but prior episodes are on NBC’s Peacock network. Many other popular shows are that way—new episodes on one platform (Chicago Med on Hulu), prior episodes on another platform (earlier eps in Netflix). The Star Trek franchise is a grab bag between Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu and Paramount+.

lotsofpulp 5y ago
TV app on macOS and iOS solves this problem, outside of stuff on Netflix. I know it is a solution only for Apple users, but if a content owner does not want to make it easy for people, then that is the content owner’s problem.
LanceH 5y ago
There are some college sports that are maddening. Need cable type subscription to get the Big Ten Network, but some of the games appear on the subscription service B1G. Their presence on one or the other is mutually exclusive. Then some matches will appear on ESPN, or if somehow popular enough on an actual network. And that's just to follow a single team. The thing is that everything is sliced up and packaged not to present a single package of what the customer wants. Rather, it is packaged so that what the customer wants is distributed across multiple packages which must all be purchased separately. Look at the NFL - Monday night football ESPN, Thursday Amazon Prime, Sunday Night - NBC, Sunday Day - various. I'm just done chasing. Bring me my entire team's season or get no money from me at all. I can understand the odd game out, but this has been deliberate.