While I agree about the likely outcome, I will point out that consumers have been begging for unbundling for years.
This fragmentation of streaming services _IS_ the direct result of that request. It’s unbundled service, exactly what they have been asking for. Owen > On Nov 26, 2019, at 01:54 , Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 12/Nov/19 22:36, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > >> >> I actually suspect streaming is going to decline (at least in >> comparison to where it could have grown to) if this streaming service >> fragmentation continues. >> >> I think people are going to reject the idea that they need to subscribe >> to a dozen streaming services at $10-$20/mo. each and will be driven >> back the good old "single source" (piracy) they used to use before 1 >> (or perhaps 2) streaming services kept them happy enough to abandon >> piracy. >> >> The content providers are going to piss in their bed again due to >> greed. Again. > > This! > > At the beginning of this year, I dumped Prime Video because while I > initially got it for "The Grand Tour", almost all the other content was > not available in Africa. Didn't see the point of shelling out over > US$100/year for just one show, especially since we already have Netflix > + a local linear pay TV service. > > I bought the wife a new iPhone 11 Pro earlier this month. This got us > 1-year's worth of free AppleTV+. Not a lot of content so far, but I hear > the same about Disney+. Granted 2 of the 3 shows on TV+ are not bad. But > it's free, so what the heck. > > I'm not keen on paying for more than one streaming service, if I'm > honest. There already isn't enough time in the world for regular life, > never mind watching one streaming service... now we have to deal with > more, each with their own price? Not sure how well the streaming > providers expect regular folk to take all of this fragmentation. > > As my daughter would say, "They can miss me with it :-)". > > Mark. >
