I absolutely agree. We’re on our second round of Black Friday subscription (I think the previous one was $0.99 and the one from last year is $1.99 a month). We hardly ever watch anything on Hulu and it’s probably not even worth the BF price for us. Netflix has much better content. We also don’t care about sports so ESPN is not relevant for us. We do have Disney+ and the kids use it a lot. Occasionally we will watch something on Prime (which we only have because we buy a lot from Amazon). I can’t believe Hulu live is $65. That’s cable territory. We use Philo for the few cable channels my wife likes to watch (and to get NickJr for the kids). It’s a great value at $20. If it was for me though I’d cancel all the subscription and stick with YouTube. Tons of great content on there for free (with ads of course).
It would be more worth it, if I were totally Over the Top (internet only TV), but I have the full COX package, so I have all the TV networks and on demand for recent episodes (in some cases full archives)...that, with Netflix and I really have everything...Hulu is a duplicate service for me...
What's the problem? It's the best TV streaming platform going.
The answer is yes, but it's got nothing to do with your streaming video preferences. 😂
This is where I’m at. Anytime I’ve gone onto the ESPN app, practically anything I’m curious to see costs extra so I just leave it alone. There’s a pretty great Bruce Lee documentary on there though.
It's something those people say to make them seem hip. There's always a handful of people making these comments on articles like this, whether it be Hulu, Netflix, HBO, or whatever.
Right? I thought competition was supposed to lower prices not let everyone raise them together. Where is the government regulation? We need to protect the consumers from this blatant price fixing and collusion going on between streaming services.
What free set-top hardware rental fees is the worst part of traditional cable
They just go back and forth, pretending to improve while actually moving in circles. Rather than offering a single package or customisable package, they just bundle, letting us believe we get a better deal while most not even watching 99% of those shows. For me YouTube is still more appealing than these cable shows. If I want to watch one show badly, I just buy it.
They never learn, and this is their infinite cycle no one will be able to break. If Netflix fails, I don’t think anyone else can break it.
It’s human greed that is the root cause. Actors in shows want more and more money for their talent even as ratings for shows decline over time. Producers tend to want the same. Cost in general have been going up for non-greed reasons, so sets are more expensive to build, filming on location is more expensive, etc. etc. so all those cost is being passed on to others. And yes, stockholders always want more return on their investments too. Corporations with stagnant flat earnings are considered failures. It’s always got to be more More MORE!!
You don’t have to tell Timmy twice.
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