The one issue I see with streaming services is ease of use. If you have Cable or Satellite TV, you can jump from channel to channel up to the entire channel list of the provider, record several shows while watching something else, if you have multiple streaming services and want to switch to another program on another streaming service, it’s cumbersome to do that, throw in the cost of subscribing to multiple streaming services and before long you will be paying a similar price for streaming services compared to cable or satellite service.
“ it’s cumbersome to do that, throw in the cost of subscribing to multiple streaming services and before long you will be paying a similar price for streaming services compared to cable or satellite service.”
It is cumbersome, but a year after cutting the cord I am still saving $100/month.
If you have a streaming service like YouTube TV or Hulu Live, it’s easy. They have guides like cable or satellite.
We cut the cord and used both of those live services for awhile.
This year, after college football season I turned off Hulu live. I love not having contracts and being able to turn on/off the streaming services.
The biggest problem with streaming services is that their product has an underlying value of zero.
The next generation will use pirate streams to watch anything that can hold their short attention spans.
Amazon at least had the sense to bundle their streaming service with a hedge against high shipping prices and a few other semi useful consumer services.
Everyone other streaming service is just swirling around until they reach the drain hole in the middle, where rising subscription prices can’t offset increased costs and drop in demand. Disney+ is getting pretty close to the point of no return already.