Me. It feels weird without those commercial breaks.
It didn't take streaming long to come full circle
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How else are people going to get the content they pay for? Cable was a good idea that the inherent nature of capitalism ruined. Perpetual growth requires they continue to raise prices. Streaming will be ruined much in the same way.
Cable has on demand. After the shows aired they’d be available on that. Streaming has ads tiers. Streaming is just al a carte cable made available on the internet. Instead of carriage agreements the customer just directly pays more when the content provider raises prices.
Once password sharing is eliminated people gonna find out.
Even with Streaming, you're still waiting for a time for a show or movie to release, and have to endure commercials. All streaming did was change the window
But what happens when streaming puts in tiers, raising the price for ad-free, does data cap tiers, cost per additional device, pricing for back catalog and premium exclusive content earlier. Hell, imaging how much the services will raise their price to cover the content being leased to them. They will package them as a add-on, with add-on prices. There's always ways for them to cash grab, hinging on perception of early and accessibility. People in general are lazy, so once they get comfortable, you can lock them in perpetually, or until the next shake up.Cord cutting was about getting rid of cable, not internet. Yes, we all have to pay up for the internet, but cable is a racket that people aren’t going back to.
shyt cost a grip since they force you to pay for 200+ channels when most people watch all of 5-6, they charge per box, charge extra for dvr, charge extra for high def (why are we still paying more for HD), then it’s like $30/40 more worth of fees and taxes, plus you’re stuck on a contract at least the first year or two.
Cable can suck a dikk. Like I said, streaming TV is even a win over cable
They will employee the same tactics. It's just a shift in wording. They would change the contract just as every other subscription service works, in that you are automatically re-enrolled at the default high price content if you do not opt out.
They would have if Netflix had stayed a rental streaming service. Remember they started out as competitors to blockbuster and redbox.
When they started producing their own content and essentially became a network, they were like hey we're networks too. why don't we do the same.
Now you log in to netflix and can't find any new releases that were once in theaters, and you can't find any old classics like Back to the Future or Harry Potter.
Just netflix originals and a collection of b movies you've never heard of.
Low key the rental lane is open again, blockbuster could come back not have any competition. Unless you wanna pay $20 to rent a new release on amazon prime
Blockbuster relied on physical media which is on the way out. Redbox already tried the online rental approach and it doesn’t seem to be saving them.
I started streaming a couple years ago. Cable is a way better product it’s just too expensive. Streaming devices have terrible interfaces and normalized a shytty channel surfing experience
if all the streaming pressure ever reduced cable rates to what I pay now I’d go back.
if all the streaming pressure ever reduced cable rates to what I pay now I’d go back.
Because of the pricing and and release timing. amazon prime will have a new release within 50 days if a movie is doing numbers or 2 weeks if it flops in theaters, but they charge $20. which at that price you might as well see it in the theater or purchase it outright.
Redbox you can get them for like $3 dollars, but they take up to 4 or 5 months.
Nah, Netflix was getting violated by licensing fees. Contracts they signed to get those movies and network shows to stream and rent were costing many times more when it came time to renew. If Netflix didn't make the push for OG content and international markets they would have ended up like Redbox or in the bushes like blockbuster.
Me. It feels weird without those commercial breaks.
I hate commercials...
internet streaming is the best thing about them!!! 
Watching old shows on the web with the channel logo, bumpers and og musicI hate commercials...
Ad supported tiers. HBO Max and now Disney removing content and constant price raises charging you more for less. The problem with streaming is clear. Too many different companies thought they could do it. Now they're all cannibalizing each others profits and ruining everything. It's sad because while cable TV wasn't the best model what we'll be left with after it dies is much worse. Instead of you paying $80 or whatever a month and getting access to all this content you'll have to pay these providers directly more than you paid them indirectly for cable and you'll get less overall content for it.
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hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
HBO and Paramount/Showtime been removing stuff, they just not putting out press releasesAd supported tiers. HBO Max and now Disney removing content and constant price raises charging you more for less. The problem with streaming is clear. Too many different companies thought they could do it. Now they're all cannibalizing each others profits and ruining everything. It's sad because while cable TV wasn't the best model what we'll be left with after it dies is much worse. Instead of you paying $80 or whatever a month and getting access to all this content you'll have to pay these providers directly more than you paid them indirectly for cable and you'll get less overall content for it.
Here's What Disney Is Removing from Disney+ and Hulu
Disney is removing dozens of titles from Disney+ and Hulu on May 26, including Willow, Y: The Last Man, Turner & Hooch, and more.
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Just go back...