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Disney to Bundle Disney+, Hulu, & ESPN+ for 12.99, Same Price as Netflix

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Re: Disney to Bundle Disney+, Hulu, & ESPN+ for 12.99, Same Price as Netflix

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Sports are a big part of why some people hesitate to cut the cable cord. ESPN+ comes up quite short on some big time sports events and is kind of the 3rd string bench warmer of the sports streaming services because of this. It is almost pointless by itself and is really only suitable as a way to fill gaps in ones primary sports coverage.

It's pretty great for US soccer fans (almost all MLS and Serie A matches for $5 a month is a steal) but it's definitely lacking otherwise.

Re: Disney to Bundle Disney+, Hulu, & ESPN+ for 12.99, Same Price as Netflix

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post #12

This apparently includes ads (at least for Hulu--unclear for the rest) so not really comparable to Netflix.

Yet https://thenextweb.com/contributors/2018/10/20/netflix-tests...

Article claims there is no interruption to viewing experience. I disagree. HBO ruins immersion with shows like GoT by having random shitty HBO content promos between each episode. Prime Video does the same thing.

Sure you can skip it, but that breaks the flow of just sitting and immersing yourself in another world. Infuriating that there isn't a setting or option to buy out of promos. I'd gladly pay $X to not have them, with $X being ~20% the sub price.

Re: Disney to Bundle Disney+, Hulu, & ESPN+ for 12.99, Same Price as Netflix

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post #21

Will people accept paying for yet another streaming service? The selling point of Spotify is that for a low price you get everything in one place. Netflix was like that (from what I heard), but now you have HBO, Disney, CMore etc. Do you want to subscribe to (and use) multiple services (provided you can afford it)? Or will there be a backlash soon?

if you can afford one, you can afford to rotate between them every couple months. at least until they start fudging around with contract and yearly discounts.

Re: Disney to Bundle Disney+, Hulu, & ESPN+ for 12.99, Same Price as Netflix

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

My kids don't have the attention span for Disney movies. They want to watch Blippi, and toy unboxing videos. Content for children is pretty simple.

Baby shark. Doo do do do dooo I don’t have kids, but I do have a lot of nephews. Every time I visit, I’m always amazed at how catchy the content is.

YouTube content has to be monitored I don't have kids myself but my sisters 4 year old watches a lot of of YouTube video she has gotten him interested in insect science etc so most of his recommended videos are science for babies and kids etc
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