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Because people want to watch the leading shows in their area of interest and not have to pay 10+ services $10-$20 a month. As it gets increasingly hard/expensi

by sliken 5y ago

Because people want to watch the leading shows in their area of interest and not have to pay 10+ services $10-$20 a month. As it gets increasingly hard/expensive, not to mention the bickering between services and platforms and services and markets to watch them on, customers are resorting to piracy as a way to get the content they want.

francisofascii 5y ago
Agree with this sentiment, but if they consolidate, the price may go from $10-20/month to $20-40/month. And then we are back to cable.
- wombatpm 5y ago
  But without the 50 shopping channels
mhitza 5y ago
All these streaming companies battle for long term user acquisition, thus perpetual $10/month subscription per service for X providers is definitely a no-go long term. I think a middle ground would be shareware-like pay-per-view type model. Are you creating a new series? Make the first episode freely watchable, and then don't price excessively the entire season. As a consumer would make sense for me to pay 5$ for a season of show X on Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max/etc. But allow me to watch the thing I payed for perpetually in the future, as long as the show is still on the platform. And when I'm looking for something new to pay for, allow me to see the first episode of existing shows for free. Would that work for all consumers? I don't know, most people I know with streaming subscriptions, barely actively watch shows and very often those are standins for background noise.
- sliken 5y ago
  I was hoping for something like $50 a month and pay the creators accordingly. If I spend 10% of my viewing hours watching a particular series then the creator+provide can split the $5. I wish the internet ads worked the same way. I'd happily pay any website 2x whatever google or similar ad networks pay, to avoid ads. Seems like it would help reduce clickbait as well.

by sliken 5y ago

francisofascii 5y ago

Agree with this sentiment, but if they consolidate, the price may go from $10-20/month to $20-40/month. And then we are back to cable.

wombatpm 5y ago
But without the 50 shopping channels

mhitza 5y ago

All these streaming companies battle for long term user acquisition, thus perpetual $10/month subscription per service for X providers is definitely a no-go long term. I think a middle ground would be shareware-like pay-per-view type model. Are you creating a new series? Make the first episode freely watchable, and then don't price excessively the entire season. As a consumer would make sense for me to pay 5$ for a season of show X on Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max/etc. But allow me to watch the thing I payed for perpetually in the future, as long as the show is still on the platform. And when I'm looking for something new to pay for, allow me to see the first episode of existing shows for free. Would that work for all consumers? I don't know, most people I know with streaming subscriptions, barely actively watch shows and very often those are standins for background noise.

sliken 5y ago
I was hoping for something like $50 a month and pay the creators accordingly. If I spend 10% of my viewing hours watching a particular series then the creator+provide can split the $5. I wish the internet ads worked the same way. I'd happily pay any website 2x whatever google or similar ad networks pay, to avoid ads. Seems like it would help reduce clickbait as well.