Why are there so many streaming service

murpho999 · 19-03-2020 01:12AM

AMKC wrote: »

So many streaming services and they are all crap.

There is nothing like good old fashioned T.V.

I hope you're joking.

Who needs schedules and ads?

Love the streaming services, Netflix & Amazon Prime are great value.

Potential-Monke · 19-03-2020 08:38AM

I have a few streaming services, Netflix and Crunchyroll being the main 2. Then, technically, I have 2 more with PS Now and Xbox Games Pass, albeit game streaming/downloading. It's the future, but it will get too diluted and will cost way too much to have even a few of your main hobbies/interests covered.

Peregrinus · 19-03-2020 09:06AM

The solution is obvious; cancel your Netflix account and open an account with a rival service that has a different catalogue.

Expect this to keep happening; content owners will always want to maximise the value of their content, so they are always going to want the option to licence it to whoever is the highest bidder at any moment. So Netflix's catologue in two or three years could be quite different to Netflix's catalogue now; same goes for every other streamer.

If there's a show you feel you'll want to watch again and again, get the DVD, or buy it outright from Apple. Otherwise, just accept that you'll be shopping around among different streamers on a regular basis.

murpho999 · 19-03-2020 10:07AM

Peregrinus wrote: »

The solution is obvious; cancel your Netflix account and open an account with a rival service that has a different catalogue.

Expect this to keep happening; content owners will always want to maximise the value of their content, so they are always going to want the option to licence it to whoever is the highest bidder at any moment. So Netflix's catologue in two or three years could be quite different to Netflix's catalogue now; same goes for every other streamer.

If there's a show you feel you'll want to watch again and again, get the DVD, or buy it outright from Apple. Otherwise, just accept that you'll be shopping around among different streamers on a regular basis.

What's a DVD?

Bobblehats · 19-03-2020 11:03AM

murpho999 wrote: »

I hope you're joking.

Who needs schedules and ads?

Love the streaming services, Netflix & Amazon Prime are great value.

Nobody needs ads I’ll record from the schedule. Get the download, whatever Netflix only really came to my attention last year because it got added. And Prime because it’s where the 3 amigos went I looked at their exclusive content but beyond the GT not enough in it for me flud that

The original is best, accept no imitators I would give them too much of a platform to build on or we’ll be dragged this way and that

murpho999 · 19-03-2020 11:27AM

Bobblehats wrote: »

Nobody needs ads I’ll record from the schedule. Get the download, whatever Netflix only really came to my attention last year because it got added. And Prime because it’s where the 3 amigos went I looked at their exclusive content but beyond the GT not enough in it for me flud that

The original is best, accept no imitators I would give them too much of a platform to build on or we’ll be dragged this way and that

I'm not sure what you're on about but are you basing your argument soley around Top Gear and the orignal presenters?

Not a show I watch so I wouldn't personally worry about it.

For me Netflix and Amazon Prime have good quality drama that they have produced themselves that make them good value and they're just adding more and more.

murpho999 · 19-03-2020 11:29AM

OmegaGene wrote: »

it is like a betamax tape but shiny

Might as well go back to that.

The advice was strange, cancel subs and buy DVDs to get producers to licence streaming on all platforms.

That's not going to happen as Netflix and Amazon make their own shows and films and will naturally keep then exclusive to their own platforms.

Who wants to to go back to DVDs or "buying from Apple"?

Capt'n Midnight · 21-03-2020 08:40PM

You can get most popular songs from most music streaming services.

The video world is lots of separate walled off gardens.

Homelander · 22-03-2020 02:39PM

I pay for Netflix and Amazon Prime, there's obviously a convenience factor as well but I do want to support services and shows I really enjoy. I only joined Amazon Prime to support The Expanse and The Boys, though I've watched a few things since on it.

Outside that though, no intention of paying for any other streaming services. It's not viable to expect people to sign up to a ton of competing services for the sake of an odd show here or there.

Shudder is another good, fairly unique one I might consider at some point as a big horror movie fan.

Nigel Fairservice · 22-03-2020 06:03PM

I have Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Now TV and Spotify. I pay because I like to support shows I like. I used to stream a lot years ago but couldn't be bothered finding links these days and I'm not supporting things I like that way. I think most people are happy to pay if you make it easy for them. Netflix did just that for most people. Now everyone is bringing their own content back in house and creating another bill for you to pay, if you so wish. In future I will probably keep Netflix and Spotify and just dip in and out of Now TV and Amazon Prime Video.

Turquoise Hexagon Sun · 22-03-2020 06:57PM

Traditional TV is a joke. Ads, ads, ads, scheduling, ads, volume changing between ads and show, more ads. It's pathetic.

Streaming services is where it's at. Even paying for two streaming services is worth more than whatever they offer you on TV.

If you can't find enough to watch on Netflix you are probably watching too much TV. There's so much content there. Excellent documentaries, TV shows like Ozark, Suburra, Mindhunter etc etc.

The thing about Netflix is you need to "like" the content you enjoy and feed the Netflix alogorthim things to enjoy so it makes good categories and reccomends you things to you like. Went in to parents account to see theirs (they don't use it) and anyone might get the impression that Netflix is ****e if you look at a virgin Netflix account. But a used, personalised account is a different matter.

Traditional TV model is awful. Even YouTube is better than traditional TV. You'll get episodes of content specific to your tastes, be it sailing, videogaming, travel, photography. If you follow the good content creators, you'll get so much reward from it.

Going back to legacy TV is like devolution. Ads, more ads and and awful TV chat shows where you can't get in to a topic because of time restraints and sheduling.

There are great video podcasts going to YouTube like Hotboxing With Mike Tyson, JRE, Your Mom's House and many more.

Capt'n Midnight · 22-03-2020 07:53PM

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

Going back to legacy TV is like devolution. Ads, more ads and and awful TV chat shows where you can't get in to a topic because of time restraints and sheduling.

Or you could watch programs you've started recording 15 minutes ago.

Why are there so many streaming service

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