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You need a streaming aggregator for the cycle to be complete.

reaperman 3y ago
It splintered enough at the end with cable vs. DishNetwork vs. DirectTV. i remember specific local sports games only being on one and then another.
34679 3y ago
The Pirate Bay
- nobody9999 3y ago
  I'd add that I actually pay for Amazon Prime (mostly for the free shipping -- heavy stuff costs a fortune otherwise), but use other means to access Prime Video content because of the ads (there are a raft of Prime Video offerings that already have ads) and the spying.
  - 34679 3y ago
    I had a similar experience when I recently purchased Need for Speed: Heat on sale from Steam. The mandatory EA launcher that was installed along with game had separate spyware that launched at boot and couldn't (easily) be disabled. The "alternative version" didn't have that, so that's what I ended up playing.
bombcar 3y ago
I’ve noticed that the Apple TV app on Apple TV drags in content from other apps somehow.
Copernicron 3y ago
At least one telecom provider in Canada has already started doing that [0]. I expect it won't be long before others join in. [0] https://www.telus.com/en/streamplus https://www.telus.com/en/streamplus
- Krutonium 3y ago
  My Cable TV package comes with at least 5 different streaming platforms. I only have said package because it actually brings my bills total cost down, somehow.
darkwater 3y ago
I think every country has at least 1-2 telco operators doing exactly that in their top-tier connectivity packages (usually pretty expensive)
phone8675309 3y ago
Amazon was advertising during the football game last night that they could aggregate your subscriptions to at least Amazon Prime Video, Max, Paramount+, and AMC+ so you could get content from all of those platforms in the same place.
Velofellow 3y ago
Seeing the writing on the wall that we could be headed back to the cable TV era, I had a hairbrained idea (haha- really just a name) back in like 2011/12, that would aggregate the three big streaming platform's libraries in a single interface. called: HuFlixPrime. My idea to get cooperation and buy-in across the streaming providers was to try and "nudge" customers to subscribe and bundle competing services by directly showing all programming that could be accessed in one interface. Ideally streaming and account management and signup would be done through this single clearing house. Perhaps an incentive if all three services were active. Obviously would be fraught with issues, and I could never really see any cooperation like that working. but I liked the name...
notyourwork 3y ago
Coming 2025.

It splintered enough at the end with cable vs. DishNetwork vs. DirectTV. i remember specific local sports games only being on one and then another.

34679 3y ago

The Pirate Bay

nobody9999 3y ago
I'd add that I actually pay for Amazon Prime (mostly for the free shipping -- heavy stuff costs a fortune otherwise), but use other means to access Prime Video content because of the ads (there are a raft of Prime Video offerings that already have ads) and the spying.
- 34679 3y ago
  I had a similar experience when I recently purchased Need for Speed: Heat on sale from Steam. The mandatory EA launcher that was installed along with game had separate spyware that launched at boot and couldn't (easily) be disabled. The "alternative version" didn't have that, so that's what I ended up playing.

bombcar 3y ago

I’ve noticed that the Apple TV app on Apple TV drags in content from other apps somehow.

Copernicron 3y ago

At least one telecom provider in Canada has already started doing that [0]. I expect it won't be long before others join in. [0] https://www.telus.com/en/streamplus https://www.telus.com/en/streamplus

Krutonium 3y ago
My Cable TV package comes with at least 5 different streaming platforms. I only have said package because it actually brings my bills total cost down, somehow.

darkwater 3y ago

I think every country has at least 1-2 telco operators doing exactly that in their top-tier connectivity packages (usually pretty expensive)

phone8675309 3y ago

Amazon was advertising during the football game last night that they could aggregate your subscriptions to at least Amazon Prime Video, Max, Paramount+, and AMC+ so you could get content from all of those platforms in the same place.

Velofellow 3y ago

Seeing the writing on the wall that we could be headed back to the cable TV era, I had a hairbrained idea (haha- really just a name) back in like 2011/12, that would aggregate the three big streaming platform's libraries in a single interface. called: HuFlixPrime. My idea to get cooperation and buy-in across the streaming providers was to try and "nudge" customers to subscribe and bundle competing services by directly showing all programming that could be accessed in one interface. Ideally streaming and account management and signup would be done through this single clearing house. Perhaps an incentive if all three services were active. Obviously would be fraught with issues, and I could never really see any cooperation like that working. but I liked the name...

notyourwork 3y ago

Coming 2025.