This started under the Cable regime, People were complaining about having to buy channel bundles instead of simply choosing the channels they wanted to subscribe to.
Owen > On Nov 28, 2019, at 11:33 , Ross Tajvar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, not exactly. Each service is still a bunch of shows and movies bundled > together. If you only want to watch one show, you can't just buy that, you > have to buy the whole service. > > Of course, there are services where you can buy individual movies and > episodes (Google Play comes to mind). But Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, etc. don't > operate that way. > > -Ross > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 1:53 PM Owen DeLong <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > 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] > > <mailto:[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. > > >
