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> Lots of people don't mind paying for one or two, but probably not five or six. Especially when some just have one or two good programmes. 'Subscription rotat
by throw0101a 5y ago
> Lots of people don't mind paying for one or two, but probably not five or six. Especially when some just have one or two good programmes.
'Subscription rotation' may become a thing: you pay for a service for a few months, catch up on any shows that were released on it that you haven't seen, and then cancel and move onto the next one. A year later you come back to the first one and do a new catch-up.
There may be one or two that you stick with (e.g., Disney if you have kids).
- jtbayly 5y agoPeople will Pirate before they do this.
- gruez 5y agoDisagree. Turning subscriptions on/off (assuming that doesn't require phoning in) seems much easier to the layperson than figuring out how to torrent something without getting viruses and/or copyright strikes.
- PickledHotdog 5y agoRemembering to turn subscriptions on and off is where the pain will lie
- gruez 5y agoUse reminder app on your phone?
- rocketbop 5y agoI do it. I'm sure a lot of people do it Nd will increasingly as number of services grows...
- jtbayly 5y agoQuit watching your favorite show for three months? I doubt many people are willing to do this.
- throw0101a 5y agoThe Witcher had a complete series drop recently: sign up for a month to watch it, then cancel. The Expanse is going for a weekly recently schedule: once it's done in January, cancel the service. Unless there's a continuous series of releases that people will want to watch, I'm not sure they'll want to subscribe for an entire year: it surely adds up.