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The only where left to go is up (in price). Its cable all over again. One day people will look up and wonder how we got to $100/month bills for streaming serv

by nerdix 3y ago

The only where left to go is up (in price). Its cable all over again. One day people will look up and wonder how we got to $100/month bills for streaming services with ads and no binge watching for new content. And then we'll speak fondly of the good ol days like how people talk about cable TV in the 80s.

kumarvvr 3y ago
Choosing content and availability of that content on multiple devices is the only value addition of streaming. We are fools for thinking that Big Media will allow some fancy technology to dig into their profits.
Solvency 3y ago
Maybe, but not yet. I finally ditched my cable bundle (internet, TV, voice which I never used) from Spectrum to just internet. Bill went from $300 to $100. This was while always having Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Max, and Apple+. Slashing that $200 feels incredible.
- acchow 3y ago
  What did those extra $200 include? Is that a lot of ESPN and Disney channel, as well as access to their Internet counterparts?
acchow 3y ago
People are accustomed to choosing their content now. If a TikTok video doesn’t capture them in half a second, they move on to the next one. This is not a population that would prefer to pay their service provider to choose their content for them.
- asalahli 3y ago
  I think that's only partially true. There's a reason TikTok (and Instagram reels) is extremely popular - it keeps feeding the user content of its choosing.
MagicMoonlight 3y ago
They’ll agree package deals where in order to get any streaming service you have to pay £100 (but you get to choose what is in your package) Then because of how shit their content is now and because of the cost of making everything available, they will introduce “guided programming” where their algorithm uses advanced AI modelling to have a static channel playing a set schedule. And we shall return to the old way.
- nerdix 3y ago
  The bundling thing is interesting because the only streaming services I have are ones that come bundled with a different service (like HBO Max that comes with my internet plan) How long before someone cuts a deal with multiple streaming services and offers a streaming bundle for slightly less than paying for them separately? Would have been unthinkable a few years ago but it doesn't seem that outlandish now. And the bundle provider offers a unified app that aggregates all the content (we're already kind of seeing the beginnings of this) under one login. If that happens then the future's streaming services start to look a lot like today's cable networks. And the future's "bundle providers" starts to look a lot today's cable companies. In fact, if the "bundle providers" bundle streaming with Internet then they are today's cable companies.

by nerdix 3y ago

kumarvvr 3y ago

Choosing content and availability of that content on multiple devices is the only value addition of streaming. We are fools for thinking that Big Media will allow some fancy technology to dig into their profits.

Solvency 3y ago

Maybe, but not yet. I finally ditched my cable bundle (internet, TV, voice which I never used) from Spectrum to just internet. Bill went from $300 to $100. This was while always having Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Max, and Apple+. Slashing that $200 feels incredible.

acchow 3y ago
What did those extra $200 include? Is that a lot of ESPN and Disney channel, as well as access to their Internet counterparts?

acchow 3y ago

People are accustomed to choosing their content now. If a TikTok video doesn’t capture them in half a second, they move on to the next one. This is not a population that would prefer to pay their service provider to choose their content for them.

asalahli 3y ago
I think that's only partially true. There's a reason TikTok (and Instagram reels) is extremely popular - it keeps feeding the user content of its choosing.

MagicMoonlight 3y ago

They’ll agree package deals where in order to get any streaming service you have to pay £100 (but you get to choose what is in your package) Then because of how shit their content is now and because of the cost of making everything available, they will introduce “guided programming” where their algorithm uses advanced AI modelling to have a static channel playing a set schedule. And we shall return to the old way.

nerdix 3y ago
The bundling thing is interesting because the only streaming services I have are ones that come bundled with a different service (like HBO Max that comes with my internet plan) How long before someone cuts a deal with multiple streaming services and offers a streaming bundle for slightly less than paying for them separately? Would have been unthinkable a few years ago but it doesn't seem that outlandish now. And the bundle provider offers a unified app that aggregates all the content (we're already kind of seeing the beginnings of this) under one login. If that happens then the future's streaming services start to look a lot like today's cable networks. And the future's "bundle providers" starts to look a lot today's cable companies. In fact, if the "bundle providers" bundle streaming with Internet then they are today's cable companies.