Op-ed: Apps promised to free us from ad-supported subscription bundles. Oops!

For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/K4EIh

  • blazera@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    If stream had everything in one single service, who cares that it also has stuff that you don’t have any interest in?

    Im gonna quote this post criticizing cable tv to answer this, “you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch”

    • TwilightVulpine@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I literally just responded to this. The comment you are responding to is about what’s the difference and why this is not the issue with streaming.

      The difference is that in cable TV you are beholden to their schedule. You might subscribe to a channel that has exactly what you want and still be unable to watch it because you are not free at that time.

      Netflix used to be priced affordably and have nearly everything. We are seeing now with services being split and prices rising that it doesn’t cost more because it has more shows, just on the contrary. It costs more because they think they can charge more and get us to subscribe to multiple services that offer less.

      It’s like you picked the single sentence that doesn’t address that exact point to quote.