I have - most - of these services, but a few are bundled into other services I already have, such as Paramount+ with my Walmart +.
But by my quick math, it’s about 147$ of services, retail, per month if you’re going Ad-free, take ~20% off if you’re willing to waste the time with ads.
That’s about 40$ more than I spend on my monthly total, but your mileage will differ depending on if you add in things like Starz, Showtime, etc.
So, we’ve crossed the threshold where a “complete access package” is roughly what it was with cable in the mid 00’s.
My wife and I both work from home in our respective offices, so we each usually have a show going that we’re each half-watching between meetings, and then one we were actually into that we follow together in the evenings while new episodes release.
Maybe 8 hours a day, cumulative/for us both, if you count the steaming in the background.
I primarily just watch lots of re-runs of Futurama and such - so, Hulu is my main stream, I’d probably be fine with just that.
Wife is into watching the new stuff on all the random networks like Yellowjackets, Outlander, 1888, Bridgerton, Wheel of Time, and a lot of others.
Those are scattered across a ton of services, sadly.
After more than 20 years of DVRs and on-demand content it seems really weird to me that anyone watches broadcast content (other than sports) anywhere other than waiting rooms.
Absolutely, since HBO and a bunch of other streaming options are add ons.
My in laws have cable and it is $200+ for just the channels that we get streaming for under $100, and sports. Sports are apparently worth over $100 a month even with all the ads across all channels.
It’s free for employees. But it’s the ad laden version of Paramount and no Showtime. Also Paramount has been .moving everything over to the Showtime tier at a rapid rate.
I’m the same, but I’ve started cancelling packages in the face of cost increases and the inability to share my account with my fixed-income mother. I had subscribed to all of the major services as well as ones like Shudder (before they got bundled). It was a frog boiling thing - I wanted to watch a movie, it was on Service X, so I subscribed to X.
I’m down to about 5 services after having over a dozen, not including bundles. I just cancelled HBO over their anti-family sharing policy, and I will probably cancel Disney next for the same reason.
I’m planning on rotating subscriptions, other than Prime and possibly Apple. Every month or two I’ll cancel a couple of services and re-subscribe to a couple. I’ll use that time to catch up on some series while others fill in.
I have - most - of these services, but a few are bundled into other services I already have, such as Paramount+ with my Walmart +.
But by my quick math, it’s about 147$ of services, retail, per month if you’re going Ad-free, take ~20% off if you’re willing to waste the time with ads.
That’s about 40$ more than I spend on my monthly total, but your mileage will differ depending on if you add in things like Starz, Showtime, etc.
So, we’ve crossed the threshold where a “complete access package” is roughly what it was with cable in the mid 00’s.
How much TV do you watch that justifies all of that?
My wife and I both work from home in our respective offices, so we each usually have a show going that we’re each half-watching between meetings, and then one we were actually into that we follow together in the evenings while new episodes release. Maybe 8 hours a day, cumulative/for us both, if you count the steaming in the background.
I primarily just watch lots of re-runs of Futurama and such - so, Hulu is my main stream, I’d probably be fine with just that.
Wife is into watching the new stuff on all the random networks like Yellowjackets, Outlander, 1888, Bridgerton, Wheel of Time, and a lot of others. Those are scattered across a ton of services, sadly.
But without the ads and without the need to purchase everything at the same time.
And the ability to watch on-demand instead of waiting for something to pop up or constantly checking guides to see when something might be on.
After more than 20 years of DVRs and on-demand content it seems really weird to me that anyone watches broadcast content (other than sports) anywhere other than waiting rooms.
And it’s still cheaper than cable. Cable companies always advertise their introductory rates, but never the real ones.
Absolutely, since HBO and a bunch of other streaming options are add ons.
My in laws have cable and it is $200+ for just the channels that we get streaming for under $100, and sports. Sports are apparently worth over $100 a month even with all the ads across all channels.
Walmart+
LMAO the world has jumped the shark
To be fair, the + thing is older than the likes of Disney+. For example, Google+.
Walmart+ is equivalent to Amazon Prime.
It’s free for employees. But it’s the ad laden version of Paramount and no Showtime. Also Paramount has been .moving everything over to the Showtime tier at a rapid rate.
I’m the same, but I’ve started cancelling packages in the face of cost increases and the inability to share my account with my fixed-income mother. I had subscribed to all of the major services as well as ones like Shudder (before they got bundled). It was a frog boiling thing - I wanted to watch a movie, it was on Service X, so I subscribed to X.
I’m down to about 5 services after having over a dozen, not including bundles. I just cancelled HBO over their anti-family sharing policy, and I will probably cancel Disney next for the same reason.
I’m planning on rotating subscriptions, other than Prime and possibly Apple. Every month or two I’ll cancel a couple of services and re-subscribe to a couple. I’ll use that time to catch up on some series while others fill in.