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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8500314" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I subscribe and unsubscribe based on particular series I want to watch.1. Amazon and Netflix, a tie for me. AmazonIncreasingly good original content. Are keeping the Expanse running. And I get it anyway as part of my Prime subscription. Considering the other beneifts of Amazon Prime members hip may not be fair if this thread is focus on just the content available, but Amazon Prime is just a non-brainer for me. Also, I can often buy content from other streaming services from Amazon without having to subscribe to the service. Or I can subscribe to other services via my Amazon account and cancel them when I no longer need them. Easier to manage multiple subscription services. But Amazon is not great when I travel. Even when using Nord VPN I'm not able to get a lot of the content. There are ways around that, but I can't be bothered. The only series I get from Amazon that I can't wait for until I get back to the US are Amazon created content, which is available internationally. I'm not a fan of the Amazon interface though. Doesn't matter if I'm using an Amazon TV cube, the iPhone app, or the website on my laptop. I find it inconvenient to browse. At least the search functionality is decent.NetflixMy next most used service. They have enough original content and third-party content that I'm interested in that there hasn't been a period where I've felt the need to cancel it. Also, I it seems everything I can get in the US I can get abroad. I'm sure that can't be true. Maybe most of what I want to watch on Netflix is Netflix original content and stuff that isn't geofenced. But my experience in Netflix feels the same when I'm abroad as when I'm in the USA, unlike Amazon which is jarringly different experience. The Netflix interface and recommendation provide the best experience for me and the experience is consistent across devices.2. HBOSome of my favorite series have been from HBO. But that is all I use it for, is its original series. I cancel and resubscribe as series I'm interested in become available. The reason I rate it third, even though I'm not subscribing for most of the year is that the quality of their original series is so good. 3. Everything other service I've used is a distant third.Paramount - Only subscribed for the Star Trek stuff. But I hate the platform and service and which I could just rent/buy the content through Amazon or Netflix. I dislike the different subscription tiers for advertising and no advertising.  I've not had any issue accessing the content I want overseas, but I've only watch Lower Decks, Picard, and Discovery.  So I don't know how much Paramont content is geofenced. Paying for a streaming service and still getting advertising grates, but the no-advertising subscription level is too expensive for the amount of content. I've stopped watching Star Trek Discovery and am planning on cancelling my subscription. Nothing on Paramount interests me at this time. Apple+ - I have fond memories of buying Apple video content overseas back in the days when even DVDs were region locked. Apple made consuming digital content so much easier back in the day, but that was--wow--around 15 years ago.  I have not bought video content from Apple for well over a decade. I bought a bunch of Apple products recently and have a year's worth of Apple+ streaming service, but haven't used it in couple months I've had it. The interface is good and the experience seems the same whether I'm in the US or abroad, but I haven't used it enough to know how much of its content is geofenced.  About the only thing I can think of that has me interested in watching that I can only get on that service is the Velvet Underground documentary. Disney+  Got it for the Mandalorian. Then cancelled. There are other series I would watch, but not really worth the extra cost to me and at this time, I don't like supporting Disney with my money for reasons I won't get into per forum rules. Besides, I'm not a purist about it and am hypocritically giving Disney my money in other ways. Crunchyroll. My son got me into Attack on Titan and this is how I watch it as it comes out. I just use it on an exceptional basis as I'm not a big fan of anime. If you are a big anime fan then you already know about crunchyroll.  I don't have much to say about its interface and service other than it has the best collection of Japanese anime of any streaming service that I'm aware of. Youtube. I subscribed to Youtube's subscription service when it was branded as Youtube Red, but that was mainly so I could listen to Youtube clips in the background, but it wasn't worth the cost and I cancelled. I've not used there newer service that is meant to compete with cable services. BBC America. Mainly for Dr. Who, but now I just buy Dr. Who through Amazon.The Fantasy Network (TFN). Carries various low-budget indie content. I subscribe for a couple months and watched everything I was interested in and then cancelled. Besides, my favorite creators like Zombie Orpheous Entertainment (Journey Quest, The Gamers, etc.) now also make their content available on Amazon Prime. I would like to support TFN, but my entertainment dollars can only be spread so far and they just don't offer enough new content to make it worth it to me. There are a number of news services that are primarily magazine and news outlets that also have podcasts and video streaming, but they seem outside the scope of this thread.</blockquote>

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