It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but customers are losing

Re:It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but cu... by wintermutestwin on Friday November 19, 2021 @03:35PM (#29282073)

>Careful what you wish for? The big desire then was a la carte, and right now you can bounce between streaming services at will, and they're all still far easier to cancel than cable.

"a la carte" means I don't subscribe to anything and instead I have access to "all the things" with a separate charge for each thing. The whole idea back then was to compete with the ease and access of piracy like Steam did.

That said, "careful what you wish for" currently applies to sitcom episodes for rent on Amazon costing more per minute than mega budget movies.

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Re:It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but cu... by bamboozled on Friday November 19, 2021 @04:13PM (#29282572)

If you’re living outside the US getting content in English isn’t anywhere as easy as it should be. These services are definitely America centric.

It’s been good for me, I just watch a whole lot less crap and get more sleep.

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Re:It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but cu... by dnissley on Friday November 19, 2021 @03:41PM (#29282168)

I think this is an apples to oranges comparison, since single episodes of tv shows aren't generally available to rent, unlike movies.

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