When all the big cable players started making their own streaming services, most of us knew they weren't going to let their gravy train go. We know they want us to use the ad-tiers because Iger flat out said so because it makes them more money, and I'm still expecting contracts to be their next big idea, sign up for 2 years, get 1-year half-price. Meet new cable, same as the old cable. It's following a similar playbook too with no ads to some ads and ever-increasing prices.
This. I was fine with streaming when it started. It's literally what most people were asking for - a la carte pricing for specific channels you want, rather than having to pay a bloated fee for a bundle that you want less than a tenth of.
I've enjoyed streaming over the last few years.
But over the pandemic and now beyond, they've decided to start conglomerating, bundling up a bunch of content I don't want, and charging me extra for the privilege. Which was the complaint about cable.
When all the big cable players started making their own streaming services, most of us knew they weren't going to let their gravy train go. We know they want us to use the ad-tiers because Iger flat out said so because it makes them more money, and I'm still expecting contracts to be their next big idea, sign up for 2 years, get 1-year half-price. Meet new cable, same as the old cable. It's following a similar playbook too with no ads to some ads and ever-increasing prices.
This. I was fine with streaming when it started. It's literally what most people were asking for - a la carte pricing for specific channels you want, rather than having to pay a bloated fee for a bundle that you want less than a tenth of.
I've enjoyed streaming over the last few years.
But over the pandemic and now beyond, they've decided to start conglomerating, bundling up a bunch of content I don't want, and charging me extra for the privilege. Which was the complaint about cable.