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Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by zzzcpan on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @12:35PM (#21007074)
It seems to me neither your case nor what parent comment describes is about convenience, but merely about not wanting to pay too much for all the streaming services. I mean I don't think you would pay 10x more for netflix if it had everything, right?
Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by reificator on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @05:23PM (#21010369)
> I mean I don't think you would pay 10x more for netflix if it had everything, right?

Have you heard of a thing called cable?

True, after Netflix anchored it's price at a reasonable level for it's offerings, I probably would not pay 10x more. But a service that made it easy to watch everything under one interface could get more money out of me than Netflix.

By one interface I mean search and/or browse in one place, click a video, optionally pay or subscribe with one click if needed, rinse, repeat. No switching between different catalogs, launching different apps, anything like that. Launching a different app for viewing is acceptable if it's super slick.

Amazon Prime has most of this (and x-ray is cool), so it tends to get my money more than other services, but it still doesn't have anywhere near every title I want to watch, and it's sometimes expensive enough that I will switch to a different service for a significant discount.

Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by on_and_off on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @03:49PM (#21009272)
What about my case isn't about convenience exactly ?

All of it is about convenience to access content. Netflix had it at first when its library was "fresh". But since it is a rolling library instead of an ever growing one, it almost never has the movie I want to watch.

Blade Runner is the first example that came to mind and I believe that it is a good one. it is an acclaimed movie that should be very easy to find online.

I would be ready to pay more for a Netflix like service with "everything". Actually I used to pay for multiple services at once.

Would I pay 10 times ? I don't think so, personally I don't value such a service that highly but that's a subjective opinion (just like somebody could rightfully say that for them Netflix or Spotify are too costly) and a bit of a straw-man IMO.

Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by katbyte on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @01:26PM (#21007707)
i'd pay 2-3x which is more than i pay now (I refuse to use more then netflix tbh)