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Why are there so many streaming services?
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Money.
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Streaming is the new cable, just more expensive now. Each platform is like a bundle of TV channels.
The big difference is no contracts (yet), and easy cancellation. I’m more annoyed at the fragmentation than the price, and I’m more willing to pay the exorbitant price because I limit it to two services at any given time
And YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, BitTorrent…
People have a lot more choices now than they did in the bad old days of high cable bills. If streaming services charge too much people will just bail back to free stuff.
I'll preface this by saying I pirate everything and don't fuck with streaming. But for those who don't, isn't the best practice just to rotate a service or two a a time? Do you really need to sub to every service perpetually?
Streaming is getting shittier for sure, but even at its worst right now it's still a lot better than cable ever was. Packages/services are more granular to choose from, signup and cancel on a monthly basis, no customer service rep hell bent on not letting you leave, and no hardware to install/rent/return.
I went to physical media (legally acquired) and spent countless hours format shifting to self host (Jellyfin) and never looking back. At this point if I can’t buy it, I don’t watch it.