Walmart may launch a video streaming service to battle Netflix, Amazon

Re:Walmart may launch a video streaming service to battle Ne... by adreamingsoul on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @12:25PM (#17559749)

Good, we need more competition. Here are my thoughts:

Netflix is to metric driven and the creative uniqness of their original content isn’t that great.

Prime Video has a lot of UX issues.

I gave up on Hulu years ago, no idea what it’s like these days.

YouTube is the next social platform, which has a whole new set of issues.

I just want to watch a movie or show every now and then, offline, and with no compression artifacts.

There is no reason why I shouldn’t be able to purchase and download movies or shows.

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Re:Walmart may launch a video streaming service to battle Ne... by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @12:31PM (#17559790)

> There is no reason why I shouldn’t be able to purchase and download movies or shows.

Google Play Music & TV supports purchase and rental, and download of at least purchased content (possibly rental, too, not sure.)

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Re:Walmart may launch a video streaming service to battle Ne... by adreamingsoul on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @04:07PM (#17561664)

I did not know that, thank you for sharing.

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Re:Walmart may launch a video streaming service to battle Ne... by IOT_Apprentice on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @01:33PM (#17560358)

What would lead you to believe that Walmart would have a clue on UX, let alone provide anything more than bland content given their approach on music, books and magazines?

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