I still remember fondly when we paid for two, and only two streaming services. Netflix for movies and older TV shows, Hulu for current TV (usually only a day behind cable). It felt good -- using two definitions of that word. It felt good-as-in-right that I didn't have to pirate content anymore, because two reasonably priced services were worth the money, and it felt good-as-in-satisfying because everything we cared to watch was at our finger tips (we've never cared about sports.)I know Disney is not solely to blame for the state of affairs, but all the services seem to be racing headlong back toward the cable model: subscribing to bundles of crap I don't want, just to watch a couple of things I do want.
They say piracy is not a pricing issue, its a user experience issue. I'd say we have both issues, and that if it hasn't already, piracy will win this particular race -- yet again.
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