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[-] Schal330@lemmy.world 61 points 5 months ago

The key difference is that you don't have to be subscribed to all of those services at the same time. You can rotate through them.

Watch what you want on Netflix, unsub > sub to Disney and watch what you want, unsub > ....

Sure in an ideal world it would be better if everything was on a single cheap service, but sadly that won't happen.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 26 points 5 months ago

you don't have to be subscribed to all of those services at the same time.

so far. cable in my area also didnt force me to subscribe to all channels until it did.

[-] takeheart@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

This subscribe-and-binge-for-1-month approach seems to be exactly what a lot of people are doing. Vox just did a short video on it.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

This is the way.

The current model tries to fight back against this by having a release or "broadcast" schedule so the latest season of a show isn't binge-able. I also think the whole mess relies pretty heavily on FOMO with the current fandom and the desire for a spoiler-free experience. Otherwise, it's much cheaper to permanently stay a year or two behind everyone else well after full seasons are released (and the reviews are in).

If I'm right, we'll eventually see more draconian policies to "lock in" subscribers somehow. (I'll leave it at that - please don't give them ideas)

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

What like free blowjobs on renewal?

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I think soon it will be yearly contracts or cancelation fees.

[-] dankm@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Crave already does an annual fee. IIRC it's one-time and about $100.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It's owned by bell, so not surprising.

[-] dankm@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

They didn't invent evil, but they did perfect it.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

ya har me hearties I don' kno' wha' ye be speakin of

[-] psmgx@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago

Yaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr matey

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

You are now banned from lemmy.world

[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

As long as there's no ads I don't really care about the price. I'll never watch ad TV as long as I live. Even though I have prime I pirate those shows now.

[-] RacerX@lemm.ee 11 points 5 months ago

Yup. It seems crazy to me now that I used to pay for cable and 8-9 minutes of a 30 minute TV show was ads.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

What kills me is that cable was actively promoted as "TV without ads" when it was new (see: HBO).

[-] blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 months ago

The difference is that it is now much easier for people to capture video from streaming services, which means torrents are always available a few hours after the film/show goes online.

[-] Ilikecheese@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago

I’ve been pirating media for the last 2 decades or more, and shows have always been available within minutes of when they were released. Copying a stream might be easier than setting up a capture card and recording a broadcast, but the wait time hasn’t really changed all that much.

[-] blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Maybe not for shows, but for film, I think it has. More films are released simultaneously to theaters and a streaming service, or available for streaming shortly after the theater release. I don't watch nearly asany cam rips as I used to.

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 months ago

Yeah but you can at least choose exactly which episode you'd like rather than flipping channels or watching the guide channel to figure out what's on and even then it may be something you're not in the mood for. Not that I don't agree it's expensive again if you pay for them all but we do have better options even when subscribing to only one or two.

[-] vinnymac@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

LMFTFY

Plex Server

[-] randon31415@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I got Disney plus through some bundle somewhere, and when I try to cancel it, it just says "this is being paid by the Disney+ bundle, you have to cancel it there." I don't know where there is!

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Call the credit card company and stop payment that way.

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Just find you a movie-web instance, you’re golden.

[-] Lladra@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Who still watches TV?

[-] Persen@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

We, on the balkans because we're forced to have cable with internet.

[-] Wanangwa_Bamidele@thelemmy.club 1 points 4 months ago

I guess i will ride the high sea. And climb into the torrent

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