Is cord-cutting losing its appeal as streaming becomes more expensive than cable?

[hwertz]

Agreed with a few, it's far easier to pirate, and paying $90 for a bunch of services while STILL finding various shows are missing even subscribed to that many...? Forget it. I will say, Tubi is free and has a pretty nice collection of shows and movies these days. The amount of content on there seems to have gone up substantially over the last year or two.

What they SHOULD do is take the Japan solution. What is this?

Around 2000, Japan began seeing people stop signing up for streaming services. They had something like a dozen services, each with their exclusive shows, and they found people were not going to sign up for half a dozen or more services, and they also were not interested in signing up with 1 service that was missing like 3/4s of the shows they wanted to watch.

They switched to a model where shows were exclusive to a service for a year, then available on all services. So, if a channel comes out with a great show that people want to watch, they will gain subscribers. There's still an incentive for producing the next new hit show. So, the downside, they had to give up on that fantasy that they'd get people to subscribe to 7 or 8 different services, or that any one streaming service would get "the right combination" of shows to take the market away from the rest. But the total number of subscribers went up so substantially, they all ended up with far more subscribers than they had previously, it was a net win for everyone. I mean, I'm a cheapskate, but if I could pay for 1 or even 2 services and ACTUALLY get almost all content? Yeah I'd do it.

 

[wiyosaya]

Agreed with a few, it's far easier to pirate, and paying $90 for a bunch of services while STILL finding various shows are missing even subscribed to that many...? Forget it. I will say, Tubi is free and has a pretty nice collection of shows and movies these days. The amount of content on there seems to have gone up substantially over the last year or two.

Thanks. I'll have to look into Tubi.

What they SHOULD do is take the Japan solution. What is this?

Around 2000, Japan began seeing people stop signing up for streaming services. They had something like a dozen services, each with their exclusive shows, and they found people were not going to sign up for half a dozen or more services, and they also were not interested in signing up with 1 service that was missing like 3/4s of the shows they wanted to watch.

IMO, coming to this realization is still a work in progress for all the services that started after Netflix did, and subsequently restricted their content to their service.

For someone like me, I would not be surprised if I am contributing to the problem with the deal that I am currently on for Disney+/Hulu+ at $4.99/mo. When that's up, however, I'm cancelling my subscription.

They switched to a model where shows were exclusive to a service for a year, then available on all services. So, if a channel comes out with a great show that people want to watch, they will gain subscribers. There's still an incentive for producing the next new hit show. So, the downside, they had to give up on that fantasy that they'd get people to subscribe to 7 or 8 different services, or that any one streaming service would get "the right combination" of shows to take the market away from the rest. But the total number of subscribers went up so substantially, they all ended up with far more subscribers than they had previously, it was a net win for everyone. I mean, I'm a cheapskate, but if I could pay for 1 or even 2 services and ACTUALLY get almost all content? Yeah I'd do it.

I might do it, too. However, many of the services release their material on DVD/Blu-ray. What I've been doing is waiting until that happens, and usually, our local public library system buys the set of DVDs for whatever and then I borrow it from the library. The cost is unmatched.

The only problem with that model is that Disney sometimes does not release their material on disc. IMO, that's their loss. I bet their revenues would be higher if they did since the digital quality of the material on disc, especially BR/UHD BR, is far better than the quality of streamed material.

Personally, I think that many of these streaming services are going to have to experience significant pain through lack of subscribers. Only then will they come to their senses and realize the reasons people cut the cord in the first place. I think its good that cord cutters went to streaming, however, cord cutters had a reason for doing so, and they will not be so easily fooled into tolerating exactly the same circumstances that lead them to cut the cord.

 

[Impudicus]

When netflix raised prices I cancelled my service. If Hulu does the same I'm gone as well. There are enough free options to satisify my needs.

 

[woofer]

On top of that, you have to pay extra for the lube.

Nah. They use the cheap stuff that body heat starts to melt right way....

 

[woofer]

When netflix raised prices I cancelled my service. If Hulu does the same I'm gone as well. There are enough free options to satisify my needs.

Hulu and Disney have already set price increases to occur next month.
See this thread:

Disney+ is increasing its subscription price by 27%, will target password sharers

Starting from October 12, the ad-free version of Disney+ is increasing by $3 per month to $13.99 while the ad-free version of Hulu is also going up,...

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