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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by timfrietas on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @05:26PM (#14962894)
People said the same thing about HBO and Hulu and Amazon. Add Netflix and ESPN/Disney and we are still talking less than the average cable bill.

Addendum: I think you updated your comment as I replied with the note on balkanization, but subscriptions are "set it and forget it"--it's why paper magazines still exist.

Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by AnotXOR on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @05:45PM (#14963136)
There are so many subscription providers now on Amazon it's ridiculous, although it seems we're moving much closer to true ala carte options than with traditional cable.