Chaos at Disney (Battle of the Bobs)

[Marc Radle]

I still have cable and honestly don’t see dropping it anytime in the near future …

 

[GreyLord]

I have no cable anymore.

I am streaming only (if that's what you call it).

I have deliberated about cutting Disney+ as they just don't seem to have stuff I am interested in, but my spouse loves it so we keep it.

I do like the old stuff, but it seems to be getting buried under all the new stuff (which is where they attract everyone to stay I suppose, I'd be just content to watch the old stuff though, but it can be hard to find and not all of it is there...for example...where is my "Last Flight of Noah's Ark"?)

Only reason I keep Amazon Prime is for the free shipping. I don't care about the shows they are making really or releasing (No, I have not watched the Rings of Power or whatever, it just didn't seem all that interesting to me, and yes...I have the extended versions of LotR and The Hobbit trilogies...RoP just seemed like glorified fan fiction to me though so...no real interest in it).

So I suppose I'm one that is also considering cutting the cord. If they move to have advertising in there for those who pay subscriptions though, it would become a no brainer. One reason to cut Netflix.

 

[Zardnaar]

No idea to the drama behind the scenes but Chapek has a whiff of fall guy.

 

[Rabulias]

Some of it, yeah, Though the AMC and Hulu stuff definitely has an expiration date with my cable sub.

Hulu and other services have some shows that are exclusive to the streaming side of things, so they would not be available to cable-only customers.

 

[payn]

Hulu and other services have some shows that are exclusive to the streaming side of things, so they would not be available to cable-only customers.

Yes, also true.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I have deliberated about cutting Disney+ as they just don't seem to have stuff I am interested in, but my spouse loves it so we keep it.

We debate deleting Disney+ every month. They've doled out decent Marvel content just often enough to keep us subscribed most of the year. (The Star Wars content, if anything, has worked to actively drive us away, other than Mandalorian and Andor.)

Only reason I keep Amazon Prime is for the free shipping.

They have a good amount of quality content, but they make it really hard to discover it. It's astonishing how bad their apps are, even after the recent revamp.

So I suppose I'm one that is also considering cutting the cord. If they move to have advertising in there for those who pay subscriptions though, it would become a no brainer. One reason to cut Netflix.

Most of the streamers are going to have an ad-supported tier before the end of 2023.

If you want one cheap streaming service, I recommend Apple TV+. It's only about $5/month, and while it has easily the smallest catalog of any of the streamers, I don't think I've seen anything worse than a C+ on their service, and they have a whole lot of stuff that ranges between an A- and an A+. Easily the most top-heavy service, in terms of quality.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

No idea to the drama behind the scenes but Chapek has a whiff of fall guy.

Oh, a lot of the stuff Chapek is getting dinged for are the results of strategies that precede him. But if you get paid $11 bajillion a year, it's your job to make changes when necessary and get thrown overboard when things go wrong. No one needs to weep for him.

 

[Xamnam]

At this point, I don't directly pay for a single video streaming service, nor cable. I get Hulu through Spotify, and HBO through my internet provider. Everything else is a shared log-in. If I were to lose access to any of them, I wouldn't replace it. I simply don't watch enough of any one service to justify it, especially given the fracturing of what is available where.

This is more or less the attitude I see of other folks my age in my circle. We all used to have multiple services, Netflix almost as a given, and people are now generally whittling down their costs, not adding to them. That said, folks with children, that's understandably a very different calculus.

 

[RealAlHazred]

I had cable for decades, but when I got married I was happy to dump it -- most of the stuff I liked kept getting canned, and why am I paying for 12 ESPNs when I don't even watch one of them? Plus, it cut my cable bill in half, and the streaming costs were far lower.

We have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime (we have Disney+ through a Hulu dealy). We got a year free of Paramount+ through T-Mobile, but I don't think we'll be keeping it, as it's not got enough stuff we want to see to justify the price.

I miss early on in the Streaming Age when everything was on two or three streaming services. I think the property owners are taking big risks thinking they own enough content to go it their own way.

 

[payn]

I miss early on in the Streaming Age when everything was on two or three streaming services. I think the property owners are taking big risks thinking they own enough content to go it their own way.

Yeap, I cant imagine too many people get excited for deep catalogs that include Quantum Leap and Rockford Files. I mean, nostalgia is fun, but it wears thing quickly.