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Please Pay for a Year of Nothing

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Re: Please Pay for a Year of Nothing

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Post by alistairSH »

jwrallie wrote: post #94
wand3r wrote: post #15

Basically there was a finite amount of content and a lot of it appeared on Netflix. Then 4+ services launched and a near fixed amount of content was divided by 4. Then they doubled the price. So now for a worse discovery experience you are effectively paying 8x the price.

Does anyone has experience with cancelling and switching services periodically so that you can access all the content, but not at the same time?

I do this. Don’t track as closely as I should, but do periodically subscribe/unsubscribe from HBO, Peacock, and Netflix.

Re: Please Pay for a Year of Nothing

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Post by jetti »

xrd wrote: post #83

Is anyone here paying for any of the smaller indie streaming services? And feeling like that's a better value? If I didn't have kids I would skip Netflix, Disney and HBO. Quality has really taken a dive.

I subscribe to Night Flight+ (https://www.nightflightplus.com/). It is very niche and I basically subscribed just for the music documentaries. It is on the cheaper end (~ $40/year) but it doesn’t seem like there is much content added and the app is lacking (at least on the Amazon Fire TV )

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Post by MenhirMike »

citizenkeen wrote: post #63
jjulius wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's something a bit twisted about using my kids for their own financial gain. Hence my pirating of said shows - no issue getting those repeat views in via Plex/NAS.

I keep thinking about Plex but I struggle with the idea of teaching my kids that stealing is okay. Like, for a little kid: "This kind of theft is okay, this kind of theft isn't." seems nuanced for a little kid.

That's why you need to cover up your stealing by lying.

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Post by jprete »

forrestthewoods wrote: post #98
fbdab103 wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

However, I doubt just because there are 4x streaming platforms there are suddenly 4x studios capable of producing even a low budget show. Knowing nothing of media production, but I assume there are a large number of technical roles which are advisable if trying to produce mainstream content.

The number of scripted shows tripled from 2009 to 2022. From 210 to 599. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/peak-tv-2022-co... !

This was also the period where Netflix et al discovered that shows become more costly to make and less likely to get brand-new subscribers around season 3. So it’s hard for me to give that statistic any weight.

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Post by sp332 »

ars wrote: post #93
sp332 wrote: post #48

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A magnet works as well and doesn't affect the lifespan of the tape as much.

It would be VERY hard to erase just a small portion without damaging the rest.

I have not done this myself, but I had a friend who did. You just pull out the part you want to erase, run a magnet past a few times, then wind it back up.

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Post by r00fus »

kiba wrote: post #44
jayd16 wrote: post #41

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Why do you say it's a fixed amount of content? Finite, sure, but it's not fixed.

Once you see a detective show, you basically seen 80% of all detective shows. That's why it seems that there can be nothing to watch, because 80% is basically a rehash, just with different characters and slightly different plots.

You don't understand how people (especially kids) work.

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Post by alisson_dover »

xrd wrote: post #83

Is anyone here paying for any of the smaller indie streaming services? And feeling like that's a better value? If I didn't have kids I would skip Netflix, Disney and HBO. Quality has really taken a dive.

Kanopy. Get a library card and register at Kanopy for free.

Re: Please Pay for a Year of Nothing

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Post by ct0 »

alisson_dover wrote: post #117

PSA: in the US you can get a free account at https://www.kanopy.com/ by just joining a local library. Kanopy is my preferred streaming service, it has a big collection of quality movies (not Netflix-type trash).

Its free but limited use per person over the month. great service. Libby is also free if you have a library card and want to use it for more than streaming.
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