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I am just surprised people are surprised. Of course this was always the endgame. The thing that is nice, for now anyway, is that: 1/ I get to watch what I want

I am just surprised people are surprised. Of course this was always the endgame. The thing that is nice, for now anyway, is that: 1/ I get to watch what I want when I want it, so this is better than cable and 2/ I can pay extra for no ads, which is something that has genuine value to me and I will happily pay for.

ghaff 3y ago
And overall even with on-demand video, physical and digital content rents/purchases, etc. I’m sure I’m still paying less than I did for cable TV which wasn’t great for movies anyway. I do wish Netflix still had a good DVD by mail service but when many people, especially younger ones, look at you oddly if you suggest popping a DVD into a player, you know that’s a lost cause.
- lowbloodsugar 3y ago
  I hear you about discs. The movies I want to watch again, I buy on 4K disc, but that is primarily for the audio. Sometimes, being lazy, I'll start watching something on streaming, but then the flatness of the audio will make me get my ass off the sofa and put in the disk.
aledalgrande 3y ago
The thing that is not nice is that 1) content is now super split between different providers and 2) you can't bring it with you on your travels (different licensing for different countries)
- lowbloodsugar 3y ago
  On 1/ the content was always split across providers - you just had a middle man bundling pointless shit in with the stuff you wanted and charging you more. If a "single user interface" is what you want, my Apple TV does some aggregating across apps. It's good enough I'm replacing my other TV's roku with another Apple TV (just got to figure out the digital output). On 2/ can you do that with cable? Inside your own country, could you take your laptop and watch your cable subscriptions on the road? DVDs are region locked too. I've have also watch some Netflix content in Europe with my US Netflix account when I was traveling so it's not a 100% block.
  - aledalgrande 3y ago
    Oh I'm not saying cable is better, I'm saying they're pulling the same shit.

ghaff 3y ago

And overall even with on-demand video, physical and digital content rents/purchases, etc. I’m sure I’m still paying less than I did for cable TV which wasn’t great for movies anyway. I do wish Netflix still had a good DVD by mail service but when many people, especially younger ones, look at you oddly if you suggest popping a DVD into a player, you know that’s a lost cause.

lowbloodsugar 3y ago
I hear you about discs. The movies I want to watch again, I buy on 4K disc, but that is primarily for the audio. Sometimes, being lazy, I'll start watching something on streaming, but then the flatness of the audio will make me get my ass off the sofa and put in the disk.

aledalgrande 3y ago

The thing that is not nice is that 1) content is now super split between different providers and 2) you can't bring it with you on your travels (different licensing for different countries)

lowbloodsugar 3y ago
On 1/ the content was always split across providers - you just had a middle man bundling pointless shit in with the stuff you wanted and charging you more. If a "single user interface" is what you want, my Apple TV does some aggregating across apps. It's good enough I'm replacing my other TV's roku with another Apple TV (just got to figure out the digital output). On 2/ can you do that with cable? Inside your own country, could you take your laptop and watch your cable subscriptions on the road? DVDs are region locked too. I've have also watch some Netflix content in Europe with my US Netflix account when I was traveling so it's not a 100% block.
- aledalgrande 3y ago
  Oh I'm not saying cable is better, I'm saying they're pulling the same shit.