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You got greedy and fucked up. At first there was netflix. And it was fine because they had mostly everything.
Then someone decided to make their service and it was still fine because it was cheap and I could afford it in exchange of the good content.
Fast forward a few years and now there is one service for each show and people say: you know what? I'm not paying more than 100 to see all those streamings, I'll stick with netflix that works and has enough for me.
Or just pirate everything. The resurgence in piracy has been astronomical because of the streaming wars. I'm loving that aspect.
Netflix without competition wouldn't have been the best option either. They were cheap and spent on many shows to grow, but enshitification would have arrived anyway.
Few years ago, a show made by Netflix was almost a seal of quality. Now it means nothing.
To be fair, there's also way more content being made now per year since Netflix became the (1) service and more-or-less only service.
A 100$?! Might as well go back to cable.
I have honestly completely given up on streaming all together. It's such a hassle. And looking for the thing that you want to watch always ends up the same way. It's on another service that you've never heard of before and don't pay for.
I watch the stuff I want to watch through other means. I don't have enough money to give 15 bucks a month to every asshole who has enough money to hoard movies and TV shows rights.
Stremio + Torrentio + RealDebrid has been a game changer for me, once setup it's more expansive and hassle free than any streaming service
A strange title for the article. Nothing in there suggests to me that Disney has "admitted Netflix won", quite the opposite in fact. It is more aggressive and more competitive than ever.
Disney is fucking up by retiring the Hulu brand. They should’ve leaned into it as their bundle offering. Offered the channels a la carte under their own name (Disney, FX, ESPN), or as a Hulu bundle.
I despise the Hulu brand. It is the only streaming service I actually liked, and enjoyed the content of back in the day. But it constantly gave me tech issues. The last straw was when I googled an error code the web viewer gave me, and it said I need to update my video drivers. My computer was up to date and I cancelled. If I can't watch anything why should I pay?
Hulu was the absolute shit back before they almost got shut down and had to start charging. It was basically Napster, but for streaming South Park.
Incidentally, what does this all mean for the KOTH continuation? It's on Hulu, so do I need to tell people it's on Disney now or something? I pirate so idk, but for recommending to other people they always ask "where at?"
They did? Because they don't have anything I really want to watch or must see anymore and the movie selection is pitiful. I suppose there is little money in old movies though, new content is where the bucks are.
I'm not sure if Disney could keep their mobile app working if their lives depended on it..
Browsing their recent reviews has a "1 star: please fix your shit" theme surprisingly often for an app published by a media giant.
I find it hard to imagine that the surprisingly frequent runs of 1-star "please fix your shit" reviews are balancing out to 4.4 star average without purchased bot account positive reviews.
It is staggering to watch unfold.
I cannot think of any previous example of such a large company utterly failing to attract the bare minimum talent needed to build and maintain the most fundamental part of their product.
Thank you for reading my Ted Talk. I don't know what my point is, other than Disney has bought so much of their competitors that they feel they don't even need to reliably deliver on their flagship product subscription.