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All right, so just off the top of my head we have: - Netflix - Amazon Prime - Disney+ - HBO+ - Hulu - YouTube Premium - Apple TV - Whatever Sky's offeri

All right, so just off the top of my head we have: - Netflix - Amazon Prime - Disney+ - HBO+ - Hulu - YouTube Premium - Apple TV - Whatever Sky's offering is called - At least a couple of others that I've forgotten - Plus some kid-specific services that aren't necessarily included in the base subscription (looking at you, Amazon) - And then I haven't even got into music streaming services like Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, etc. You know, competition is a good thing, but overall I'm not that sympathetic. It's just too damn hard, and unsustainably expensive, to be able to watch what I want to watch when I want to watch it. Then there's content duplication, content exclusives, and on top of that just this endless churn of huge quantities of content being thrown out that, frankly, isn't necessarily that great and feels like kind of a waste of time to watch. This isn't really working for me. Let me say it again, I want to watch what I want to watch when I want to watch it and with reasonable pricing. I'm happy to pay. I'm not happy to be bilked. And I'm not interested in the arguments about rights. I just want to watch what I want to watch when I want to watch it.

arijun 3y ago
Videogamedunkey has an entertaining survey of the streaming landscape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvhv7bgmz64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvhv7bgmz64
zelphirkalt 3y ago
*Using whatever hardware, OS, and browser I want.
themoonisachees 3y ago
Competition is good, but this isn't competition, almost all of these platforms catalogs are mutually exclusive, so instead of competing to be the platform with the lowest cost/best UX/ network effect, they're just competing to get shows off of another platform and onto theirs, to the detriment of the consumer.
kuschkufan 3y ago
Music streaming is not currently suffering the same fragmentation that video streaming displays. I.e. the same music albums are available on all those music streaming services you mentioned. (I know there are a few exceptions but for the vast majority this is true). Music streaming services have very few exclusive content. Which is why they tried to sign exclusive deals with e.g. podcasters. Should they go in the same direction as video streaming, we will see an increase in music pirating again as well. Hasn't stopped Spotify and co from increasing prices anyway of course.
Raphael 3y ago
Subscribe to a service for one month when you're ready to start watching a season of a show. Cancel that service when you finish watching the season.

arijun 3y ago

Videogamedunkey has an entertaining survey of the streaming landscape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvhv7bgmz64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvhv7bgmz64

zelphirkalt 3y ago

*Using whatever hardware, OS, and browser I want.

themoonisachees 3y ago

Competition is good, but this isn't competition, almost all of these platforms catalogs are mutually exclusive, so instead of competing to be the platform with the lowest cost/best UX/ network effect, they're just competing to get shows off of another platform and onto theirs, to the detriment of the consumer.

kuschkufan 3y ago

Music streaming is not currently suffering the same fragmentation that video streaming displays. I.e. the same music albums are available on all those music streaming services you mentioned. (I know there are a few exceptions but for the vast majority this is true). Music streaming services have very few exclusive content. Which is why they tried to sign exclusive deals with e.g. podcasters. Should they go in the same direction as video streaming, we will see an increase in music pirating again as well. Hasn't stopped Spotify and co from increasing prices anyway of course.

Raphael 3y ago

Subscribe to a service for one month when you're ready to start watching a season of a show. Cancel that service when you finish watching the season.