Absolutely agree. PAYING to watch their hideous intrusive mind-numbing commercials that increase in frequency as you get further into a show/movie? Inane and insane. I'm out.
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Black Friday Streaming Deals Include Big Savings on Disney+, Hulu, Paramount+, and Peacock
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Many consumers will pounce on it and this maximizes revenue for the sellers.
Much of the markets have been seller markets for at least a generation or two. Buyers roll right over and pay and sellers laugh all the way to the bank. Buyers used to demand more for their money. Now, they just focus on fitting a payment into the monthly total payments budget.
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You need to log into your account and add it as a service. You will then see the sale price. I have Hulu with live channels. I’m not sure if it shows up without the live channels.
"You can get either Paramount+ Essential or Paramount+ with Showtime for $2.99 per month for your first two months this Black Friday"
They want you to pay for a trial of their service! Ludicrous! In August they actually gave away 1 month of Paramount+ with Showtime for free. There is a reason companies, including Apple, generally give trial periods away for free. They hope you will get hooked or just forget to cancel and then the automatic billing takes over! They also know that free trials lower user acquisition costs versus ad spend. You are doing them a favor if you pay for this "deal"
They want you to pay for a trial of their service! Ludicrous! In August they actually gave away 1 month of Paramount+ with Showtime for free. There is a reason companies, including Apple, generally give trial periods away for free. They hope you will get hooked or just forget to cancel and then the automatic billing takes over! They also know that free trials lower user acquisition costs versus ad spend. You are doing them a favor if you pay for this "deal"
So many commenters don't understand that content creators also need to get paid. Just like this site has advertising and needs to get revenue when they can provide links to retailers... they are doing it to get paid. They aren't doing it all just to entertain you for free. Just like I assume most of you don't just do everything you do for free. [rant over]
Not been to a movie theatre for about 5 years or more now.
They are too loud .
I'm curious, because I recently tried for the first time to remove the "TV Provider" from my Apple TV to see what would load. I have both Peacock and Paramount+ and Hulu/Disney+ subscriptions, I know, I hate subscriptions also!
My question is about how things work now without the "TV Provider" set (Which was Spectrum's TV, which is expensive. But I could switch to Youtube TV or Sling or whichever IF I even need to?). I've tried using indoor HD antennas, but where I am, I'm not in range to get any of those OTA unfortunately.
Because I'm able to still watch all of my normal shows that are on channels such as CBS or NBC, they just open in Paramount+ or Peacock which is fine. Ones from channels like Fox or ABC can open in Hulu/Disney+. That is, without the TV Provider added.
I've yet to find a show that won't open in one of those. So, unless I want to sit and watch "live" TV, which I don't except for maybe some news infrequently, do I even need a TV provider?
What am I missing here, because canceling the Spectrum TV would save me a TON of money?
My question is about how things work now without the "TV Provider" set (Which was Spectrum's TV, which is expensive. But I could switch to Youtube TV or Sling or whichever IF I even need to?). I've tried using indoor HD antennas, but where I am, I'm not in range to get any of those OTA unfortunately.
Because I'm able to still watch all of my normal shows that are on channels such as CBS or NBC, they just open in Paramount+ or Peacock which is fine. Ones from channels like Fox or ABC can open in Hulu/Disney+. That is, without the TV Provider added.
I've yet to find a show that won't open in one of those. So, unless I want to sit and watch "live" TV, which I don't except for maybe some news infrequently, do I even need a TV provider?
What am I missing here, because canceling the Spectrum TV would save me a TON of money?
They are getting paid twice, with a subscriptions and for ads..and they are personalized ads, which are worth even more.
Growing up, we had broadcast tv until I was 17 (1997). Content provides were rolling in dough, and they didn't have to harvest our data for ads. Forgive me for not being more sympathetic.
Either ad-free, or ads and it's free. No compromise.
So you never had cable? This is nothing new
Peacock is the best in this aspect since it allows upgrading to monthly ad-free for $6 per month after doing this deal. So a year of ad-free comes to $92 instead of the normal $140.
It is different. The technology available now supports an ad-free model. It wasn't possible with OTA or cable.
For sure, at first it appears that these deals are only good if you're someone who tolerates paying for a subscription that comes with ads. We certainly wouldn't pay for it.
On the other hand, look again! With Peacock TV, you can add a $6 a month subscription and turn it into a Peacock Premium Plus, without ads. You pay $20 for the year of Premium and $72 to turn it into an ad-free service. Only $92 total — compared to $140 for their discounted annual ad-free Premium Plus normal plan!
That's a good deal — indeed, it's great value compared to many other services — and there's lots to watch!
(The regular, full PP does give you more — download capabilities and live local NBC programming, but those make no difference to us.)
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Oops! After posting I saw that Dubious posted the same info about the money-saving Rube Goldberg approach to the Peacock TV deal. Great minds and all that…
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By the way, I’ve read that the supposed ad-free Paramount+ includes ads and promos at the start of each show and episode, much like PBS unwisely does. Anyone know if that’s still true?
On the other hand, look again! With Peacock TV, you can add a $6 a month subscription and turn it into a Peacock Premium Plus, without ads. You pay $20 for the year of Premium and $72 to turn it into an ad-free service. Only $92 total — compared to $140 for their discounted annual ad-free Premium Plus normal plan!
That's a good deal — indeed, it's great value compared to many other services — and there's lots to watch!
(The regular, full PP does give you more — download capabilities and live local NBC programming, but those make no difference to us.)
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Oops! After posting I saw that Dubious posted the same info about the money-saving Rube Goldberg approach to the Peacock TV deal. Great minds and all that…
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By the way, I’ve read that the supposed ad-free Paramount+ includes ads and promos at the start of each show and episode, much like PBS unwisely does. Anyone know if that’s still true?
I found an even better price but unfortunately too late since I already spent the $20. When you first sign up and do the annual Premium Plus then put the discount code “realdeal” and it comes out to $80+tax.
As an American, I would gladly pay for Gem and Hockey Night in Canada. Seriously.
People have different values and tolerances and it shows here in this thread. I personally will not pay for an ad supported plan. The only time I see an ad is watching a live sporting event. Seeing those betting ads is just annoying but unfortunately many people will fall hook line and sinker for them. The only other ad I remember seeing is something from old navy, which if one has ever entered into an old navy store, will leave you scratching you head at how off it is. I have a young toddler, I would need to be a complete idiot to get the ad version. Never once has my toddler say, hey I want this X toy. I remember as a kid watching commercials for X,Y,Z and pestering my parents to get me that X,Y,Z toy. Thats something I dont have to deal with. The same with all of those stupid election Ads, I think I saw one or two from a live event, not dealing with the trash of advertising is priceless to me, but for some to save a buck here or there, they will fall down hook line and sinker.
For .99 cents (i.e. $0.0099) per month? I'm not seeing it.
How do they bill you .99 cents anyways? I guess they just round up to 1.00 cent.
I don’t have a Pi but all the ads come from the same places so anything that blocks ads will work. I didn’t modify my adblocker, it’s probably universal from Easy List.
It’s basically free access for ads. I signed up. $4 a month for Hulu, stars and peacock. I am getting paramount ad free with my credit card for 3 months.
Figure I will try them and then cancel.
Peacock makes it very difficult to find movies and tv shows. And they have a lot. But they hide most of it.
Paramount+ has far less worth watching.
Hulu has tons of tv shows. Haven’t looked for movies yet.
Do you pay extra on Amazon Prime to remove the ads?
Speaking of Amazon, they have a few "channels" discounted to a couple bucks each for 2 months, which is long enough for me to burn through whatever I want to see, usually. Britbox and Acorn are up again, so I've already grabbed those.
ugh this is what's messing me up right now now. previously I would just sign up for Hulu on black Friday and then get a Disney add on and a paramount or stats add on and now I can't get the deals on the othersApparently if you're signed up for Hulu through Disney, you can't:
Managing a Disney-billed account | Hulu Help Center
Sign up for Hulu, update payment information, manage your plan, or cancel your Disney-billed subscription.help.hulu.com
Kinda dumb since AFAIK the only way to get the ad-free Duo bundle is to sign up through Disney.
I forgot which service it was, but they only showed multiple ads before the movie or episode started. That I can actually deal with.
But ads that interrupt in the middle of watching, is something I could never pay for. I deal with that on Prime Video, only because it's just a perk of a subscription I already have.