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Title: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on March 14, 2022, 08:53:09 PM
As streaming services balkanize and it becomes more and more difficult to keep track of what the fuck is where the fuck, it’s time for a new thread.

Some news to start the thread off:

Variety: HBO Max and Discovery Plus Will Be Combined Into One Platform (https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/hbo-max-discovery-plus-combined-streaming-service-bundle-1235204060/)

Quote
Discovery — which is about to become Warner Bros. Discovery within the next month, when its merger with AT&T’s WarnerMedia closes — has confirmed its plans to combine its current streaming service Discovery Plus and WarnerMedia’s HBO Max into one service, rather than offer the two platforms as a bundle.

If they can do this without raising prices... And they fix HBO Max's apps... :thinking 🤯
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: OnlyRegret on March 14, 2022, 08:57:45 PM
Funimation and Crunchy merging sure cleans things up a bit
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: BIONIC on March 14, 2022, 09:04:07 PM
Funimation and Crunchy merging sure cleans things up a bit

lol weeb
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Potato on March 14, 2022, 10:09:22 PM
You think you've got it bad? Try adding in regional licencing and it's confusing as fuck.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on March 14, 2022, 10:58:39 PM
Just got an email Netflix is gonna be more expensive than Hbo soon. $15.49...

Bye bitch.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: therealdeal on March 14, 2022, 11:48:40 PM
You think you've got it bad? Try adding in regional licencing and it's confusing as fuck.

God bless a good VPN
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: chronovore on March 15, 2022, 12:15:13 AM
You think you've got it bad? Try adding in regional licencing and it's confusing as fuck.

That's a nightmare job for me. Tracking what is and isn't available on each service, based on region? No, thanks.

JUSTWATCH.com has a decent service that helps to track that stuff. AppleTV's built-in stuff fails to account for Amazon's regional differences, and gets lost when launching from "Continue" -- but that's down to Amazon having the absolute worst app available.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: OnlyRegret on March 15, 2022, 12:53:28 AM
Just got an email Netflix is gonna be more expensive than Hbo soon. $15.49...

Bye bitch.

they really do those hikes rapid fire, riding the inflation excuse
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Bebpo on March 15, 2022, 03:18:31 AM
Just got an email Netflix is gonna be more expensive than Hbo soon. $15.49...

Bye bitch.

4k is $20!

Yeah, I unsubbed
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Uncle on March 15, 2022, 07:32:43 AM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
https://www.wcostream.com/ for literally everything animated

random sites for other specific things you want to watch like https://watchalwayssunny.com/ or https://watchseinfeld.com/
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Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on March 15, 2022, 11:38:27 PM
Cancelled netflix and cruncyroll now Hbo is my only friend
Title: Fuck AT&T
Post by: Tasty on April 11, 2022, 08:18:44 AM
https://deadline.com/2022/04/warner-bros-discovery-merger-closes-altering-media-landscape-1234997171/

🥳
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: GreatSageEqualOfHeaven on April 12, 2022, 03:23:36 PM
https://www.plex.tv/blog/end-the-streaming-struggle-with-plex/

will tell you whats streaming where in addition to streaming any shit you just end up pirating anyway to a tv
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 14, 2022, 05:35:32 PM
Some WBD news for y'all. :)

Protocol: HBO Max execs knew their apps were flawed. They launched them anyway. (https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/entertainment/hbo-max-app-platform)

Deadline: Warner Bros Discovery Town Hall - CEO David Zaslav Tells Oprah Winfrey How Merger Came Together, Addresses CNN’s Future, Looming Staff Cuts (https://deadline.com/2022/04/warner-bros-discovery-town-hall-details-david-zaslav-oprah-winfrey-1235002338/)

Hollywood Reporter: David Zaslav’s Warner Bros. Discovery Empire Takes Shape - Less Red Tape, More “Accountability” (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery-executive-changes-1235129343/)
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 14, 2022, 05:44:59 PM
https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/report-hbo-max-overtakes-disney-and-hulu-as-the-third-largest-streaming-service-in-the-u-s/

👀
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on April 15, 2022, 06:21:28 AM
The Prime Video that comes with my Amazon Prime subscription is all that I need.

Netflix peaked a decade ago before everyone and their dog launched their own subscription service. Also it was at $9.99/month.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 15, 2022, 11:43:49 AM
The Prime Video that comes with my Amazon Prime subscription is all that I need.

Eww Bezos and eww Amazon's design and UI language.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: chronovore on April 17, 2022, 09:16:56 PM
The Prime Video that comes with my Amazon Prime subscription is all that I need.

Eww Bezos and eww Amazon's design and UI language.

THE WORST APP.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 17, 2022, 09:30:06 PM
The Prime Video that comes with my Amazon Prime subscription is all that I need.

Eww Bezos and eww Amazon's design and UI language.

THE WORST APP.

10 years running.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 20, 2022, 01:20:12 AM
https://twitter.com/MacRumors/status/1516525995703996418

https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1516519164491575311

https://twitter.com/stopthecap/status/1516509655027040259

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1516511640635813890

:drudge
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: OnlyRegret on April 20, 2022, 01:23:34 AM
Well, unless you get people to start paying for 2 accounts apiece, can only climb so high
gotta say, it's funny they're getting walloped for not being able to go up infinitely consistently
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on April 20, 2022, 01:26:49 AM
The Prime Video that comes with my Amazon Prime subscription is all that I need.

Eww Bezos and eww Amazon's design and UI language.

THE WORST APP.

I used to think that.

And then I signed up for the free year of Paramount Plus.

Holy shit it's bad.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Polident Hive on April 20, 2022, 01:40:05 AM
For years I assumed the Amazon experience stunk because of the LGTV app. Amazed when I learned it’s somehow worse on a firestick 4K. How.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: chronovore on April 20, 2022, 01:47:30 AM
It's also shit on AppleTV. Gotta love it when there's built-in OS stuff for a UI and a dev says, naw, we'll just have our generalist engineers put something together that works equally poorly on all platforms.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 20, 2022, 02:23:20 AM
gotta say, it's funny they're getting walloped for not being able to go up infinitely consistently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxlA3k_B2VU
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 20, 2022, 03:21:44 AM
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/warner-bros-discovery-lays-off-cnn-cfo-suspends-marketing-spend-axios-2022-04-19/

CNN+ not long for this world. Might be cancelled quicker than Quibi.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: VomKriege on April 20, 2022, 05:28:06 AM
Well, unless you get people to start paying for 2 accounts apiece, can only climb so high
gotta say, it's funny they're getting walloped for not being able to go up infinitely consistently

Though to be fair I wonder what expectations Netflix itself operates on publicly. They, Amazon and Apple are dumping just absurd amounts of money in producing original content (with some amount of returns hoped for) and you'd think people would know infinite massive growth is not a thing but well....

Biggest takeaway for me (who canceled Netflix a few months ago because of price and actual use) is that the whole economic model is probably not working all that well if it relies on account sharing they won't tolerate and with dozens of services fighting for video (and more for general media consumption) at 10+€/$ a piece.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: VomKriege on April 20, 2022, 05:36:33 AM
It's also because times are tough but I'm more and more looking at free/non paying subcriptions content right now. They exist and it's a blessing but obviously that also skews what you have access to.

I know it's legally a lot more complex than to say it but I wonder if a "global licence" (basically scaling up the tax for public TV/radio for internet realities) wouldn't be a solution and a lot more viable than the future where you pay for half a dozen services.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on April 20, 2022, 10:57:53 AM
If we can pay $10 a month for all the music on earth, why cant we do the same for TV
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Kurt Russell on April 20, 2022, 11:06:36 AM
If we can pay $10 a month for all the music on earth, why cant we do the same for TV

Because it costs about 50x as much to make and as Netflix are finding out, people don't re-watch stuff unless they really like it, making it incredibly expensive to produce a library with enough of a constant flow of fresh content to ensure that there's something new to watch.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on April 20, 2022, 11:08:32 AM
If we can pay $10 a month for all the music on earth, why cant we do the same for TV

Because it costs about 50x as much to make and as Netflix are finding out, people don't re-watch stuff unless they really like it, making it incredibly expensive to produce a library with enough of a constant flow of fresh content to ensure that there's something new to watch.

Counterpoint: Enough TV has been made that you dont need new content. Get some Drew Carey Show on there and youre set for a year
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 20, 2022, 11:16:19 AM
Finally I can cancel my Netflix account that I share with my parents and be like "sorry, Netflix doesn't allow account sharing anymore". :rejoice
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Madrun Badrun on April 20, 2022, 11:20:51 AM
If we can pay $10 a month for all the music on earth, why cant we do the same for TV

Because it costs about 50x as much to make and as Netflix are finding out, people don't re-watch stuff unless they really like it, making it incredibly expensive to produce a library with enough of a constant flow of fresh content to ensure that there's something new to watch.

Counterpoint: Enough TV has been made that you dont need new content. Get some Drew Carey Show on there and youre set for a year

Counter-counter point:  Just watch the Drew Carey Show forever on loop. 
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Also, Wayne Brady should have been the lead in the Drew Cary Show. 
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Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Kurt Russell on April 20, 2022, 11:23:52 AM
ngl, if somebody legally replicated the 24-7 channels they have on IPTV, I think that would be a hit.

I'd pay a few Shekels for a 24-7 King of the Hill Channel.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Uncle on April 20, 2022, 12:16:51 PM
I'm a weirdo but I rewatch stuff all the time, but I do it while doing something else, usually playing vidya

just have a constant seinfeld, or always sunny, or mst3k, or redlettermedia, or cool podcast running in the background

it's hard for me to watch something new because I want to devote all my attention to it, if it's rewatching/listening then it's ok to hit an intensive part in the game and realize you missed 20 minutes of the show
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: GreatSageEqualOfHeaven on April 20, 2022, 12:27:40 PM
When I signed up for Netflix, it had a mixture of a bunch of recently aired / ongoing US TV boxsets (stuff like Gotham, Shameless, Its Always Sunny, etc) a bunch of classic US TV boxsets (your Breaking Bads but also your Losts, your House, your Alias, your Star Trek etc as well as some older stuff like Mission: Impossible), and a selection of decently rated original shows (Orange Is The New Black, the Marvel TV stuff).

Nowadays, it doesn't even fucking bother with most of the Us TV stuff that was its biggest draw, so outside of Better Call Saul, there's nothing ongoing from anyone else I give a shit about, most of its 'back catalogue' they also don't give a shit about so that's gone to other streaming services (most noticably Amazon Prime hoovering everything up thats not intended to pad out the launch of a Single Channel Subscription Service later) so - again, outside of Breaking Bad - its basically the Star Trek boxsets which are clearly on borrowed time, and a lot of their original shows are shovelware shit, or when they do have something good they cripple it by splitting it into two so they can stretch it out beyond a free month sub.

I haven't cancelled yet, but I am on their most ghetto possible 'one screen only and only in SD' tier - one more annual price hike without an associated increase in quantity or quality (because, honestly, both have been slipping) and I'm done.

I get for long term sustainability they need suites of shows that they and only they own the rights to and can never leave the service, but spend some of your fucking profits buying older shit thats not currently broadcasting, or renting back catalogue syndicated stuff.
Theres a ton of 60s/70s/80s/90s shit that must cost fucking pennies to licence, and I might not sign up to a streaming service for old episoes of Knight Rider or Baywatch or Quincy or wtfever, but its stuff I can mindlessly rewatch while doing other shit and it adds to the overall 'reasons to stay subscribed'. Especially given I don't have access to most of the US ad-supported streaming services which do this exact same thing.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: jorma on April 20, 2022, 01:13:12 PM
i feel netflix has never been better since they started focusing on non 'murican content a bit more a few years ago, i think 50% of my suggestions are "foreign" at this point.
still pay for the 4k premium version and still think it's cheap, especially in a historical context that goes beyond the streaming era

also netflix used to be just marvel, which i liked in the beginning but in the end i wasn't sad to see it go
sure, some old shit but i just get that from a torrent or whatever if i need it.

i have access to a shared hbo account as well, but i only ever need it for their flaghip releases
all the other services are pointless and if they ever release somehing i want to see i'll just download it from elsewhere
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: chronovore on April 20, 2022, 08:06:10 PM
When I signed up for Netflix, it had a mixture of a bunch of recently aired / ongoing US TV boxsets (stuff like Gotham, Shameless, Its Always Sunny, etc) a bunch of classic US TV boxsets (your Breaking Bads but also your Losts, your House, your Alias, your Star Trek etc as well as some older stuff like Mission: Impossible), and a selection of decently rated original shows (Orange Is The New Black, the Marvel TV stuff).

Nowadays, it doesn't even fucking bother with most of the Us TV stuff that was its biggest draw, so outside of Better Call Saul, there's nothing ongoing from anyone else I give a shit about, most of its 'back catalogue' they also don't give a shit about so that's gone to other streaming services (most noticably Amazon Prime hoovering everything up thats not intended to pad out the launch of a Single Channel Subscription Service later) so - again, outside of Breaking Bad - its basically the Star Trek boxsets which are clearly on borrowed time, and a lot of their original shows are shovelware shit, or when they do have something good they cripple it by splitting it into two so they can stretch it out beyond a free month sub.

I haven't cancelled yet, but I am on their most ghetto possible 'one screen only and only in SD' tier - one more annual price hike without an associated increase in quantity or quality (because, honestly, both have been slipping) and I'm done.

I get for long term sustainability they need suites of shows that they and only they own the rights to and can never leave the service, but spend some of your fucking profits buying older shit thats not currently broadcasting, or renting back catalogue syndicated stuff.
Theres a ton of 60s/70s/80s/90s shit that must cost fucking pennies to licence, and I might not sign up to a streaming service for old episoes of Knight Rider or Baywatch or Quincy or wtfever, but its stuff I can mindlessly rewatch while doing other shit and it adds to the overall 'reasons to stay subscribed'. Especially given I don't have access to most of the US ad-supported streaming services which do this exact same thing.

Yeah, I was just thinking about how I'd enjoy watching The Rockford Files or Columbo while doing dishes, and lamented that nothing carries them in Japan despite being previously readily available on VHS, then DVD.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Cauliflower Of Love on April 21, 2022, 12:09:16 PM
I started using vudu alot more recently, since I found their "free" section.

It's filled to the brim with c-rate softcore sexy time movies I can watch in the middle of the night while having whiskey.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Skullfuckers Anonymous on April 21, 2022, 04:37:09 PM
Pour one out for the news!

https://mobile.twitter.com/CNN/status/1517170706345349121

I think this is the fastest death of a streaming service. Even Quibi lasted a few months.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Pissy F Benny on April 21, 2022, 04:47:38 PM
who could have seen this coming :titus
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Polident Hive on April 21, 2022, 05:54:02 PM
Going over what I subbed to. It’s overwhelming as is, so I’m happy with it. Ignoring trials and whatever, I’d be Netflix and HBO Max year round. I’d also acknowledge I don’t have kids and Disney seems great for that.

Netflix. HD tier. Don’t see dropping it. App is everywhere. Quantity over quality. Best content to have as background noise. Great international content.

Amazon. “Perk” of Prime. Wouldn’t be worth it on its own. Crap app. Reacher and James May are the two standout shows.

HBO Max. Leeching from somebody’s regular HBO sub. No idea what is HBO vs HBO Max, but does it matter? HBO has good shit. Plus it has categories for old TCM movies. Would sub if I didn’t have access.

Apple TV. Think I have a trial until 2024. Shows have crazy production values. Highest hit to miss ratio, but no back catalogue. Would sub once every couple months if I didn’t have access.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Uncle on April 21, 2022, 10:28:52 PM
I have access to a family member's prime, access to a family member's netflix, access to three co-workers' plex piracy servers, websites like wcostream, and yet I still spend all my time listening to long form analysis of the legacy of kain series
 :stahp
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 21, 2022, 11:07:49 PM
I think this is the fastest death of a streaming service. Even Quibi lasted a few months.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/warner-bros-discovery-lays-off-cnn-cfo-suspends-marketing-spend-axios-2022-04-19/

CNN+ not long for this world. Might be cancelled quicker than Quibi.

👉😏👉
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 21, 2022, 11:09:35 PM
Quote
Perrette and incoming CNN CEO Chris Licht notified staffers of the decision in a meeting on Thursday afternoon. Licht bluntly told employees it was a "uniquely shitty situation."

:lol :lol
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Mostima on April 22, 2022, 04:07:12 AM
Partisanship aside, I don't know why the fuck anybody would pay for CNN+. Like somehow 24 hours news isn't enough and they want to pay more to hear about the same news?
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: VomKriege on April 22, 2022, 04:34:59 AM
Fox have a sub service (that was lagging too until Tucker Carlson started branding stuff there, similarly as confusing in purpose) so they had to have one. Or so I guess.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: who is ted danson? on April 22, 2022, 07:33:35 AM
They should lock all 24h news behind a sub. Milk those boomers.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: bork on April 22, 2022, 11:38:37 AM
They should lock all 24h news behind a sub. Milk those boomers.

Aren't they already doing that with cable and streaming services?
:hitler
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Transhuman on April 22, 2022, 01:22:44 PM
Piracy is good, piracy is your pal.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 22, 2022, 01:26:00 PM
Piracy is good, piracy is your pal.

Sadface
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Polident Hive on April 22, 2022, 01:59:19 PM
Tubi is cool for free. It has all of dubbed Iron Chef. You can watch Nagisa Oshima talking about leek flavor in dishes.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Cauliflower Of Love on April 23, 2022, 09:15:54 AM
I'm a weirdo but I rewatch stuff all the time, but I do it while doing something else, usually playing vidya

just have a constant seinfeld, or always sunny, or mst3k, or redlettermedia, or cool podcast running in the background

it's hard for me to watch something new because I want to devote all my attention to it, if it's rewatching/listening then it's ok to hit an intensive part in the game and realize you missed 20 minutes of the show

this guy fucks

I'm rewatching black mirror right now because everything seems like too much effort.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 23, 2022, 05:21:19 PM
I wish I could somehow convert the lunatical amount of time spent rewatching RLM vids into watching new films... I'd probably watch 1000 films a year. :lol
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 23, 2022, 06:14:13 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/netflix-animation-erased-executives-fired-220251819.html

https://www.thegamer.com/netflix-animation-boss-baby-layoffs-report/

The animation industry... :(

Netflix... :maf
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: bork on April 23, 2022, 11:40:22 PM
Is Netflix just not in a position to not raise their prices?  I don't understand how doing this, which has led to them losing a ton of subscribers, show cancellations, and firings, is good for them.

:confused
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Uncle on April 23, 2022, 11:57:57 PM
not just that, but attempting to crack down on password sharing, when entire industries continue to handwave this due to all the goodwill it earns them  :derp
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 24, 2022, 12:03:05 AM
Is Netflix just not in a position to not raise their prices?  I don't understand how doing this, which has led to them losing a ton of subscribers, show cancellations, and firings, is good for them.

:confused

Good news! Ads are on the way. Should stymie the price hikes for maybe an extra year.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Uncle on April 24, 2022, 12:03:37 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/netflix-animation-erased-executives-fired-220251819.html

https://www.thegamer.com/netflix-animation-boss-baby-layoffs-report/

The animation industry... :(

Netflix... :maf

first I read this and thought damn that really sucks

then I clicked through and realized this means they CANCELED BONE

:rage

Bone is amazing and deserves so much better than the treatments it's gotten over the years, like telltale's shitty first attempt at an adventure game before they canceled it and then later died

fuckin hell
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 24, 2022, 12:04:11 AM
not just that, but attempting to crack down on password sharing, when entire industries continue to handwave this due to all the goodwill it earns them  :derp

Their CEO even actively promoted the practice until like 5-6 years ago (https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/11/netflix-ceo-says-account-sharing-is-ok/) :derp
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 24, 2022, 12:06:07 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/netflix-animation-erased-executives-fired-220251819.html

https://www.thegamer.com/netflix-animation-boss-baby-layoffs-report/

The animation industry... :(

Netflix... :maf

first I read this and thought damn that really sucks

then I clicked through and realized this means they CANCELED BONE

:rage

Bone is amazing and deserves so much better than the treatments it's gotten over the years, like telltale's shitty first attempt at an adventure game before they canceled it and then later died

fuckin hell

(https://i.imgur.com/dXTeZWO.jpg)

https://twitter.com/jeffsmithsbone/status/1517640535233769472

:(
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 24, 2022, 12:13:42 AM
Quote
Netflix [originally told] creators, “We want to be the home of everybody’s favorite show.” By the time the producer left several years later, there was a “new thesis statement”: “We want to make what our audience wants to see,” Reed Hastings, Netflix’s Co-CEO, now told animation talent. As far as mission statements go, those are vastly different.

...

Netflix currently touts “Boss Baby” as the ideal of what an animated series on the platform should be and what kind of numbers those animated series should be bringing in (this was reiterated by almost everyone we spoke to) although Netflix doesn’t even own “Boss Baby” — it licenses the series from DreamWorks Animation. (A new “Boss Baby” series premieres next month.)

:derp
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: VomKriege on April 24, 2022, 11:35:44 AM
Is Netflix just not in a position to not raise their prices?  I don't understand how doing this, which has led to them losing a ton of subscribers, show cancellations, and firings, is good for them.

:confused

I mean... probably not ?
I don't really know if they have too, profitability wise, but I suspect they do on some level. You'd think in a space becoming so competitive and who will probably see a lot of dead services, they'd play every price advantage they have.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Pissy F Benny on April 24, 2022, 12:39:14 PM
I reckon Netflix could get back on track by actually making some decent stuff :trumps :rollsafe

Their scripted shit is roughly 99% medicore (at best)
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 25, 2022, 01:36:49 PM
Netflix: "So....you guys like Stranger Things right? We still got that."
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Cauliflower Of Love on April 25, 2022, 01:41:44 PM
They need to buy up all the Cinemax afterhours stuff

NetflixXx
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 25, 2022, 04:04:33 PM
Netflix: "So....you guys like Stranger Things right? We still got that."

More than 4 years since it was actually relevant tho
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on April 25, 2022, 04:18:36 PM
If I was the CEO of Netflix, I would have a promo where if you send in a screenshot of you canceling HBO, you get 3 months of Netflix for $20 (total)
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 25, 2022, 05:56:31 PM
If I was the CEO of Netflix, I would send a PM to Tasty on thebore.com and tell him all his projects have been funded and greenlit.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Uncle on April 25, 2022, 06:55:53 PM
wait you're the CEO why are you PMing yourself  :lol

from: Tasty
to: Tasty
bcc: Secret Tasty

thanks for greenlighting my projects friend, hope all is well for you when you receive this in the future  :-[
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: BIONIC on April 25, 2022, 06:59:03 PM
If I was CEO of Netflix I would funnel company assets to hire a bot farm to like my bore dot com posts.

Might finally break that 5 like glass ceiling  :goty
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 25, 2022, 07:16:00 PM
wait you're the CEO why are you PMing yourself  :lol

from: Tasty
to: Tasty
bcc: Secret Tasty

thanks for greenlighting my projects friend, hope all is well for you when you receive this in the future  :-[

...I've had a few beers OK :lol
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on April 25, 2022, 07:36:12 PM
Netflix should add porn movies.

Not porn, but actual movies. Like that big budget Pirates one. I've always wanted to watch it
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 25, 2022, 08:00:29 PM
wait you're the CEO why are you PMing yourself  :lol

from: Tasty
to: Tasty
bcc: Secret Tasty

thanks for greenlighting my projects friend, hope all is well for you when you receive this in the future  :-[

...I've had a few beers OK :lol

Wait how the fuck did you know about the Secret Tasty account
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on April 25, 2022, 09:17:37 PM
Also thinking about it some more, I think originally I assumed it was a Possessor (2021) / Being John Malkovich (1999) situation where I temporarily inhabit the body of the person in question, not permanently assuming the CEO title.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: chronovore on April 26, 2022, 07:41:27 PM
Also thinking about it some more, I think originally I assumed it was a Possessor (2021) / Being John Malkovich (1999) situation where I temporarily inhabit the body of the person in question, not permanently assuming the CEO title.

Possessor was fantastic. 
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on May 06, 2022, 10:05:32 AM
https://twitter.com/loudmouthjulia/status/1516794978105794560

Not including new HBO originals is kind of a handicap, but yeah, really puts Netflix's content blurge into perspective.
Title: Disclosure: I own $WBD stock
Post by: Tasty on May 19, 2022, 09:22:58 PM
Hollywood Reporter: HBO Max Debuts in Nielsen’s Monthly Platform Rankings (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hbo-max-nielsen-tv-usage-rankings-1235150367/)

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The streamer moves out of the "other" category for the first time, and streaming as a whole tops 30 percent of usage.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: GreatSageEqualOfHeaven on May 20, 2022, 09:09:16 AM
Like I said, I fully understand why they will produce new shows that they 100% own forever that can bulk out the catalogue permanently, but as a subscriber I would much rather they buy the temp rights to something old and watchable like a Diagnosis Murder or a Lovejoy for their 'daytime TV' filler than pay for something new and totally shit like Is It Cake or those fucking human zoo 'dating competitions'.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on May 27, 2022, 02:18:23 PM
Donald Trump’s Media Company Plans “Non-Woke Alternative” To Netflix And Disney+; Streaming Slate To Feature “Cancelled Shows” (https://deadline.com/2022/05/donald-trump-tmtg-streaming-non-woke-netflix-disney-1235034541/)

This might do as well as the XFL.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Cauliflower Of Love on May 27, 2022, 02:23:58 PM
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“blue collar comedy, cancelled shows, Trump-specific programming, faith-based shows, family entertainment, shows that embrace the Second Amendment, and news.”

So...disney +
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Pissy F Benny on May 27, 2022, 02:50:28 PM
Finally someone to make a series out of Ben Shapiro's novel :rejoice
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on May 27, 2022, 03:13:53 PM
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“blue collar comedy, cancelled shows, Trump-specific programming, faith-based shows, family entertainment, shows that embrace the Second Amendment, and news.”

So...disney +

Rosanne all morning and Home Improvement all afternoon
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Nintex on May 27, 2022, 03:34:37 PM
Trump has collected a fantastic cast of characters so this could actually work  :doge
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Polident Hive on May 27, 2022, 06:43:48 PM
Not for nothing, they’ve got Kevin Spacey, James Woods, and Jon Voigt on call. Also Gina Carano, Dean Cain, and the Hercules guy. Have to choose whether Joss Whedon or Bryan Singer directs. Maybe Polanski if they film in a country without extradition. Kid Rock will compose the score.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on May 27, 2022, 06:44:42 PM
Finally an Expendables TV series, to air back to back with THE DEPLORABLES
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Cauliflower Of Love on May 27, 2022, 11:12:29 PM
Finally an Expendables TV series, to air back to back with THE DEPLORABLES

I'm not proud of this like.

I wanted you to know this.
Title: Disclosure: I own $WBD stock
Post by: Tasty on July 07, 2022, 06:22:06 PM
Vulture: The Hottest Streamer (Right Now) - The top three spots get a shake-up in our annual power ranking. (https://www.vulture.com/article/streaming-power-ranking-2022.html)

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Our expert panel voted HBO Max the hottest streamer in town, and it wasn’t even close: 12 of our 14 insiders ranked the platform either first or second out of eight contenders. “The service just feels more balanced and deeper than the others,” one top talent agent raves. Like last year, Disney+ came in a solid second, pushing former winner Netflix down to third (though four voters still ranked it No. 1).

...

After a rocky launch during the height of the pandemic, HBO Max has rallied to become the supernova of the streaming universe. Netflix remains far bigger overall, but its two-year-old rival is rapidly adding subscribers around the world and has pulled ahead in terms of industry respect and cultural resonance. The challenge for new boss David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery: Don’t mess things up. Meanwhile, Netflix, already looking shaky a year ago, drops below Disney+ to third place.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Madrun Badrun on July 07, 2022, 06:36:22 PM
https://twitter.com/loudmouthjulia/status/1516794978105794560

Not including new HBO originals is kind of a handicap, but yeah, really puts Netflix's content blurge into perspective.

This shows that Netflix has way more content in all brackets, including the good ones
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Phoenix Dark on July 08, 2022, 06:50:46 PM
House Of The Dragon is gonna crush the building, folks.
Title: Re: Disclosure: I own $WBD stock
Post by: Beezy on July 08, 2022, 08:47:47 PM
Vulture: The Hottest Streamer (Right Now) - The top three spots get a shake-up in our annual power ranking. (https://www.vulture.com/article/streaming-power-ranking-2022.html)

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Our expert panel voted HBO Max the hottest streamer in town, and it wasn’t even close: 12 of our 14 insiders ranked the platform either first or second out of eight contenders. “The service just feels more balanced and deeper than the others,” one top talent agent raves. Like last year, Disney+ came in a solid second, pushing former winner Netflix down to third (though four voters still ranked it No. 1).

...

After a rocky launch during the height of the pandemic, HBO Max has rallied to become the supernova of the streaming universe. Netflix remains far bigger overall, but its two-year-old rival is rapidly adding subscribers around the world and has pulled ahead in terms of industry respect and cultural resonance. The challenge for new boss David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery: Don’t mess things up. Meanwhile, Netflix, already looking shaky a year ago, drops below Disney+ to third place.
Eh, Disney+ hasn't grabbed me at all yet. What's a must watch on there?
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on July 08, 2022, 10:09:43 PM
:thinking


(https://i.imgur.com/lTj5999.gif)



(https://i.imgur.com/lTj5999.gif)




(https://i.imgur.com/lTj5999.gif)
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on July 08, 2022, 10:11:09 PM
This shows that Netflix has way more content in all brackets, including the good ones

On reflection the graph is dumb and weird in a couple different ways and I offer a full retraction.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on September 11, 2022, 10:35:44 PM
The true streaming service apocalypse may actually be upon us.

The Wall Street Journal: Netflix’s Business Model Doesn’t Work (https://www.wsj.com/articles/netflix-doesnt-work-streaming-bundling-ads-warner-bros-at-t-hbo-max-merger-business-model-entertainment-11662496991)
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on December 05, 2022, 08:35:58 PM
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/when-hbo-max-and-discovery-merge-theyll-have-a-new-name/

HBO Max -> "Max"

I like this for a lot of reasons, when I started thinking about what the new service could be called for the last few months "Max" was near the top of my picks.

(https://i.imgur.com/6BuatZ0.gif)

Plus Max is established now as either the #2 or #3 streamer in people's minds, so it doesn't need to lean on the HBO branding as much anymore. Add to that this is being done to "protect HBO's brand," and yeah, that makes sense too. Plus it gets the service 100% away from the memories of the confusing HBO Go/Now/Max times.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on December 05, 2022, 10:25:17 PM
Do we get a discount at TJMaxx
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on December 05, 2022, 11:02:05 PM
Do we get a discount at TJMaxx

You'll need to ask Goofy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MIcsbaaJlg
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Cauliflower Of Love on December 12, 2022, 05:31:04 PM
The should add "The" to it.


It's more definitive.

"The Max"
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on December 13, 2022, 04:22:55 PM
‘Westworld,’ ‘The Nevers’ to Be Pulled From HBO Max (https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/westworld-hbo-max-the-nevers-canceled-1235458657/)

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“The Nevers” has been canceled halfway through its first season by HBO. The Joss Whedon-created sci-fi drama will be pulled from streaming on HBO Max, along with the recently canceled HBO series “Westworld,” Variety has confirmed.

(https://media.tenor.com/lGoygeYz8rsAAAAd/dennis-angry.gif)

THE SECOND HALF IS ENTIRELY IN THE CAN ALREADY ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Pissy F Benny on December 13, 2022, 04:36:46 PM
Whedon :nope
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on December 13, 2022, 05:29:08 PM
Whedon :mouf

Fixed
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on December 14, 2022, 02:27:52 PM
Is that the guy who raped buffy?
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on December 14, 2022, 05:18:40 PM
Is that the guy who raped buffy?

No that was either Angel (statutory), Spike (attempted) or BOOM Studios (to the canon).
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on December 15, 2022, 12:56:44 PM
never buying an annual plan again.

HBO Max leaving December 18:

Shows not owned by WB Discovery:

    The Garcias
    Gordita Chronicles (Sony Pictures Television)
    Love Life (Lionsgate)
    Made for Love (Paramount)
    Minx (Lionsgate)

Shows owned by WB Discovery:

    F-Boy Island
    Finding Magic Mike
    Head of the Class (LC page lists the original 1986-1991 series, but it's more likely they're removing the 2021 revival.)
    Legendary
    The Nevers (HBO)
    Raised by Wolves
    The Time Traveler’s Wife (HBO)
    Westworld (HBO)
 
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: GreatSageEqualOfHeaven on December 15, 2022, 12:59:27 PM
I really enjoyed The Nevers :idont
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Pissy F Benny on December 15, 2022, 03:46:20 PM
why would they take their own shit off the service :scust

I get not relicensing shit from a 3rd party that no one is watching, but their own stuff is free for them :confused
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 15, 2022, 04:17:02 PM
So they don't have to pay actors' residuals or something probably.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Pissy F Benny on December 15, 2022, 05:39:37 PM
:ohhh
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Polident Hive on December 15, 2022, 09:59:00 PM
So the only way to watch Raised by Wolves is to find a copy that fell off the back of a truck?
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Cauliflower Of Love on December 16, 2022, 08:05:41 AM
So the only way to watch Raised by Wolves is to find a copy that fell off the back of a truck?

you can find it piled up with the rest of the trash
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: GreatSageEqualOfHeaven on December 16, 2022, 12:43:08 PM
So the only way to watch Raised by Wolves is to find a copy that fell off the back of a truck?

I can buy it on DVD or BluRay at a bunch of retailers, or digitally via Apple, Youtube and Amazon  :idont
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: HaughtyFrank on December 16, 2022, 01:04:27 PM
So the only way to watch Raised by Wolves is to find a copy that fell off the back of a truck?

The shows are going to end up on one of those free-with-ads streaming services

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Warner Bros. Discovery has announced a plan to license some of its canceled and pulled programming to third party free ad-supported television (FAST) channels. Additionally, the company says it will announce plans for its own proprietary FAST channel in 2023.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-hbo-max-fast-1235461623/
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Polident Hive on January 19, 2023, 07:23:51 PM
HBO Max increased the monthly price by $1. And despite leeching off another account, there’s a realization how little I use it outside of HBO programs every few months. Whatever HBO Max shows exist, more seem to be getting cancelled.

Speaking of cancelling shows, Netflix going through it

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1616180355828158464
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on January 19, 2023, 07:33:06 PM
HBO still got the shit tho... everyone here is coming back for Curb's next season and it's laughable to pretend otherwise...
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Polident Hive on January 19, 2023, 07:56:24 PM
That’s the difference between them, to me. HBO Max, I’m loading up to watch Succession. Not to browse around and find something fresh.

There’s value to both. But I’d say compare the hits among them. Money Heist from Spain. Squid Game from Korea. a chess show in Queens Gambit. Documentary about Tigers (I never watched it I don’t know). A serial killer show. An Adams Family show. Anime based on video games. Et al. On occasion an old ass movie will show up on the service and get popular. Somehow the show New Amsterdam is getting a second wind after ending by popping up in Netflix.

HBO, people show up for the big stuff, but don’t seem to treat it as an entertainment platform the same way.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Tasty on February 11, 2023, 04:42:44 PM
https://gizmodo.com/hbo-max-the-nevers-tubi-streaming-1850103472

WBD to fans of The Nevers (all nine of us):

(https://i.imgur.com/1ETrGzC.gif)
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: chronovore on February 11, 2023, 07:38:14 PM
I’m a YouTube Premium subscriber.

It has signed me out of AppleTV, 2 days in a row. It’s pretty inconvenient to login from that device.

It doesn’t sign me out from portable devices. Just AppleTV, where I use it most frequently.

Are they using my location to determine if I should be remotely logged out?
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: team filler on February 12, 2023, 04:06:09 AM
trying out a switch to youtube tv from hulu, hbomax and a few subscriptions on prime video. thought it would be nice to have it all in one place and be able to share it with family. the sharing part was easy, but there is a dip in video quality I'm not sure I'm ok with tbh  :-\
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: zomgee on February 13, 2023, 09:30:40 AM
I dropped everything except YouTube premium. I had Netflix, Disney, Hulu, Spotify, and was starting HBO Max. Content currently sucks, services got smaller while raising prices, and I just get everything and put it in Plex. It just got tiring.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Polident Hive on May 24, 2023, 06:35:49 AM
HBO Max app stops working. Tells you to download the Max app. It’s the same app! Already went though this with HBO Go. The rebrand is going great.

The showcase content for the change are some hard hitters. A video version of a podcast. A YouTuber explaining his viral videos. Shazam 2.

Secondly, my trial for Apple TV is up in a week. Planned to continue my sub but see it got a $2 price hike. Guess I’ll let it lapse and sub when Killers of the Flower Moon drops.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: team filler on May 24, 2023, 06:54:06 AM
I shut off all my streaming accounts to save money and because they mostly suck. back to torrents  8)
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Cauliflower Of Love on May 24, 2023, 11:56:22 AM
Go watch Barry, and Love and Hate.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Pissy F Benny on May 24, 2023, 01:07:03 PM
Lol in the UK you can claim a 3 month trial from basically everywhere for Apple TV now, I already claimed a couple of 6 monthers around a year ago.

What they have doesn't seem like as much out and out dreck as its rivals but fuck paying for what little is there.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Nintex on May 24, 2023, 02:36:27 PM
I only have Netflix and borrowed Disney+ accounts and such from friends but nearly everyone has cancelled their streaming services (and turned their PLEX servers back on)  :lol  :doge

On the physical side of things.... 45 Eurodollar for a 4K Blu Ray of the Mario Movie? What the fuck.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: MMaRsu on May 24, 2023, 02:57:49 PM
Movie is a soulless piece of shit anyway
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on May 24, 2023, 04:43:07 PM
Fuck Apple but I got Apple + for free and it has enough high quality content for a month or so
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Snoopycat_ on May 24, 2023, 08:02:33 PM
I went back to torrents. The whole sub thing is just a pain in the arse. You have to have about 5 different subs just to watch stuff that used to be on Netflix. It's amazing that what was once seen as the torrent killer is now pushing people back to the high seas.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Potato on May 24, 2023, 08:54:28 PM
It was inevitable once every movie studio decided they needed their own streaming service.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Skullfuckers Anonymous on May 25, 2023, 12:42:46 AM
Using torrents or streaming services  :nope

Time to embrace the future

https://twitter.com/WORLDONLEAN/status/1661105549478428675

 :rejoice
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: benjipwns on January 06, 2024, 12:07:10 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvhv7bgmz64
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Polident Hive on January 06, 2024, 03:34:44 AM
In the end, I’ve stopped everything except Netflix. And Amazon Prime, but that isn’t specifically for streaming and I’m not paying for the ad free tier.

Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Nintex on January 06, 2024, 07:12:21 AM
I have Netflix and a collection of 4K Blu Rays. Apart from the Steelbooks buying them physical is actually not that expensive and I don't have to worry about cancel culture or censorship. Most I picked up as 3 for 2 deals or outlet discounts. Most of my friends are surprised just how much better the physical versions often are with imax scenes or amazing DTS/Atmos soundtracks. Even regular Blu-Rays often look better than the streaming services. The Xbox Series X is a pretty good 4K player after they fixed some color issues.

The streaming quality on Netflix is hit and miss, it's better than it was during the COVID days but they're not exactly streaming Atmos soundtracks either. I've also noticed Netflix is publishing a lot of less content with things like Dolby Vision these days.
Out of all the Streaming services I tried Disney+ probably had the best image quality, they have the imax versions of the Marvel things on there too.

We have something called Sky Showtime here for only 6.99 which has a lot of great stuff on it but only in full HD.

For me overall the quality just isn't there with these streaming services. I'm watching Peaky Blinders but there is just so much compression and blurriness and the sound is so flat.
Then I pop in Tennet at 4K HDR imax Dolby Atmos and that bass kicks in :pika
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: chronovore on January 16, 2024, 07:09:37 PM
We have Netflix, Amazon Prime, Criterion, AppleTV+, and Disney. The last 3 are through the grace of “sharing,” so I’m grateful for those.

My wife has an Amazon addiction, and Japanese Prime is like ¥4000 a year, so that’s not going anywhere.

She was shocked when I mentioned thinking about canceling Netflix the other day. It was ¥800/mo 5 years ago. It’s either ¥1500 or 2000/month for HD (not 4K)  now, so I’ll defo get rid of it if they bump the price again.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: james on January 17, 2024, 01:36:17 PM
I get Netflix free through tmobile and theyre moving us to the ad version.

Feel like I might as well cancel fuck ads
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: GreatSageEqualOfHeaven on January 19, 2024, 04:26:10 AM
I dunno if its the same in the Us, but the real bullshit thing about the ad-tier level in the UK is there's a bunch of content that was never licenced to be anything other than subscription streaming only, and they don't tell you this - there's just a smaller library available.
Meanwhile there is an absolute fucking ton of 100% free fully ad supported on demand streaming content on FreeVee, Pluto, Channel 4, ITV+ etc.
Title: Re: Streaming Service Apocalypse
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 23, 2024, 09:28:30 AM
With the holidays I was thinking about how hard it might become to watch your favorite family Christmas movie if it's not Christmas Story or the other typical standards that are (usually) available on streaming. Prob a good idea to have some of this stuff on physical media because a decade from now it's gonna be really bad.

The dedication to debt packages, mergers, and profit loss is a sigh to behold. Unless you are tied to some type of physical service (Prime) or product (Apple) it's hard to see most of these services lasting. I don't see Netflix making it much longer for instance.