Posted on 11/21/2019 5:24:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv
As our calculator shows, the perhaps impulsive addition of just one service to your budget can snowball into a hefty outlay over a hypothetical half-century horizon, particularly when you're looking at that "true" lifetime cost.
Take someone paying for Netflix's NFLX, +0.07% standard subscription and Hulu, with no add-ons. That person is looking at a monthly bill of $18.98, and a lifetime aggregate cost of $19,264. Factor in the opportunity cost -- as represented by how much money could have been made investing that same money in the S&P 500 over those years -- and the lifetime cost balloons to $87,656.
Now tack on Disney+, and you're looking at $25.97 per month, $26,358 over a lifetime and a "true" lifetime cost of $119,938.
It may be hard to put that number in context over a lifetime, but that's well over three times the current median annual income in the U.S. of about $31,000. It's also, however, far less than the $300,000 "true" cost of an iPhone as estimated by MarketWatch columnist Brett Arends.
In a MarketWatch Twitter poll, 58% of people responding said they only intend to pay for one to two services.
Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+, Hulu, Sling, Amazon... there are now So. Many. Streaming options. How many are you going to pay for?
(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...
Full title: Before you sign up for Disney+, use this calculator to add up the 'true' cost of your streaming services.
I've had A-Prime for some time (nice rhyme), and use Roku to access it. Also nice on Roku is Tubi, which is a lot like Crackle used to be six or so years ago..
Before you sign up for Disney+... throw away your pen!
What is this “Watch”?
Why not participate?
:^)
Also note that it is VERY likely that the majority of FReepers don’t have a 50 yr. planning horizon.
Just sayin’
You can’t take it with you.
It's okay to have one, just don't be disappointed. :^)
My understanding is you can get Disney Hulu and ESPN for less than 15 a month in a bundle
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah from Song of the South:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bWyhj7siEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loXiGSe9l4A
Save YouTube vids to disk (I’ve used en.savefrom.net for years):
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gbv=1&ie=UTF-8&q=save+youtube+videos
This may be, although I doubt that it is $15 and it can be had by itself; if true, it may have to do with the hemorrhaging of ESPN subscribers.
http://www.google.com/search?ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en&source=hp&q=Hulu++ESPN+bundle
So, somewhere there's a deaf rabbit...
I've had the best reception with those newfangled flat antennas, but there's basically no reception out here in The Boonies, unless I'm also using a drop amp. Used to get those at Radio Shack, or really anywhere -- now online only.
Promo price?
Also question how people run their household budgets. For example if you don’t get Disney Plus, are you really going to put the money you would have spent on Disney plus into an investment? Or will it get spent somewhere else?
Also question how people run their household budgets. For example if you don’t get Disney Plus, are you really going to put the money you would have spent on Disney plus into an investment? Or will it get spent somewhere else?
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