Re:It's hard to say who's winning the streaming wars, but cu...
by jjav on Saturday November 20, 2021 @02:15AM
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> On the one hand, we got what we asked for: _a la carte_.
But we don't. It's worse than ever now. Shows are fragmented into way too many different subcriptions (netflix, etc) each with their monthly fee and a bunch of stuff I won't be watching.
True a la carte would mean eliminating all those exlusive distributions so I could get any show from any streaming vendor for a one-off price (say, 25 cents for a show, $2 for a movie, or whatever) without having to subcribe to any recurring service.
I've given up, I'm not going to subscribe to half a dozen things, that's way too inconvenient and expensive.
But we don't. It's worse than ever now. Shows are fragmented into way too many different subcriptions (netflix, etc) each with their monthly fee and a bunch of stuff I won't be watching.
True a la carte would mean eliminating all those exlusive distributions so I could get any show from any streaming vendor for a one-off price (say, 25 cents for a show, $2 for a movie, or whatever) without having to subcribe to any recurring service.
I've given up, I'm not going to subscribe to half a dozen things, that's way too inconvenient and expensive.