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The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by library8848 »

Brendinooo wrote: post #85

Still a great ecosystem and value for dollar overall! That's one reason why prices have gone up. No long-term contracts, no additional hardware needed, no hidden fees. Still the option to not see ads for most of the services. You can freely jump from service to services. Plenty of promos out there still, too: for example, I get $10 back per month on an ad-free Disney/Hulu/ESPN bundle through my credit card. That plan…

They will own nothing and be happy

Are you a netflix exec by any chance?

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by lotsofpulp »

Brendinooo wrote: post #85

Still a great ecosystem and value for dollar overall! That's one reason why prices have gone up. No long-term contracts, no additional hardware needed, no hidden fees. Still the option to not see ads for most of the services. You can freely jump from service to services. Plenty of promos out there still, too: for example, I get $10 back per month on an ad-free Disney/Hulu/ESPN bundle through my credit card. That plan…

Exactly, what we have now is vastly better than whatever existed before (in terms of convenience and price). Watch when I want, what I want, how I want, and never pay for anything I don't want and never see ads and never have to go somewhere to get it.

I especially like not paying for sports to watch the few shows/movies I like.

Some people who like to (legally) own media might be disappointed, though.

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by rgavuliak »

fdgfikgfv wrote: post #61
heaney-555 wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>It is way cheaper long term. How few songs do you listen to, and movies/shows do you watch, for this to possibly be true?

There is so much garbage on streaming platforms, I rather research and pay per song/movie than waste time on trash. And that was before AI slop. Only reason I have subscriptions is family (cheap babysitter)

I have a hard time understanding your opinion. What do you even mean by garbage? There's thousands of legitimate music bands/musicians on these platforms. Naturally you won't care for a majority of it, but an interpret being niche doesn't make them garbage.

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by heaney-555 »

eptcyka wrote: post #73
heaney-555 wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>It is way cheaper long term. How few songs do you listen to, and movies/shows do you watch, for this to possibly be true?

I stream on youtube to discover and purchase LPs and FLACs on bandcamp and tickets for live shows to support the artist and not the rent seekers.

>I stream on youtube

Right, so then how you really access most of your your music is through advertising or ad-blocking, not CDs.

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by ivanbakel »

abejora wrote: post #81

We noticed this also for the online software services that we use. Many of them increased in price, which I can understand with rising costs. However, a large number of them also have/introduced a 'hostile' structure that force you into paying through the nose. Case in point was the timesheet software that we used: * They increased the cost of all price tiers. * They moved features from lower tiers to higher tiers, f…

To play devil's advocate a bit: running software isn't free. If you're paying for an online service, the hosting cost to the company does scale per-seat. It's easy to say that the company only paid the cost of development once (and even then, more users = more development demand), but you're not a user of a single unit of developed software.

For streaming services, I think the development-hosting needle swings way towards hosting. Streaming video is the vast majority of their costs and efforts, so scaling prices per-user is the only sensible option. The "software" of those services is bad and interchangeable, and not what anyone wants or is paying for in the first place.

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by matthiaswh »

abejora wrote: post #81

We noticed this also for the online software services that we use. Many of them increased in price, which I can understand with rising costs. However, a large number of them also have/introduced a 'hostile' structure that force you into paying through the nose. Case in point was the timesheet software that we used: * They increased the cost of all price tiers. * They moved features from lower tiers to higher tiers, f…

Tell me you use harvest without telling me you use harvest.

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by rovr138 »

heaney-555 wrote: post #48
OroPla wrote: post #25

I am still happy with my decision to never get entertainment subscription services. I buy CDs (that I rip) and BDs (that I let someone else rip, since that's a science in itself). This guarantees me access forever and I get to sell down the line, if I feel like it. It is way cheaper long term.

>It is way cheaper long term. How few songs do you listen to, and movies/shows do you watch, for this to possibly be true?

You can relisten the stuff you have.

LP's, 8-tracks, cassettes, cd's, mp3 players, etc.

You didn't have the whole world at your hands. You had to pick what to listen to, what to buy, what to carry.

Yes, it's nice having the world available, but also, it's nice being able to sometimes think, ponder, make a decision, and explore that decision.

Based on all the responses, people need to learn to make a decision and live with it for a bit.

- Picked a song and it's not the perfect one? meh, okay. - Also learn to be in the quiet. Oh, the song is not meh, but bad? Turn it off. It's okay. - learn to read a book

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by asimovDev »

tjpnz wrote: post #20

I'm mostly down to one. It's called Daddyflix (Jellyfin, actually) and runs on a Mac Mini in my home office. Costs close to zero, is accessible everywhere and there's no ads or other bullshit.

is it an old intel mac mini or ARM?
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