With Apple TV Plus and Disney Plus being the most recent additions to the subscription streaming service community, we have to start asking ourselves: “when is enough, enough?”
It's fair to say that everyone wants to be in the loop when it comes to the most popular shows at the time, so you can imagine my frustration when there are a bunch of popular shows that are all on different streaming platforms. And to get caught up on all of these shows, you’ll have to subscribe to numerous streaming platforms that would cost a lot in a month.
Additionally, the growth of these streaming services has created a problem of just too much entertainment. There is so much to catch up on across all of these different streaming platforms that I’ve just given up. There was a time that I wanted to watch all of Game of Thrones, but after it died from the public conversation, I gave up halfway through season two. Now the show people are talking a lot about is the Mandalorian which I haven’t even started yet.
Finally, and this is an important reason for me when I pay the monthly fee for the streaming service, often I’m doing it for only one show. I’m paying all of this money for an amount of content that probably isn’t worth the money I’m spending. For example, when Stranger Things came out last summer, I got Netflix that month for $8.99. That was the only show on Netflix that I watched. Would I have spent $8.99 on that season of Stranger Things? Absolutely not.
I wish I could pay a normal fee that would be the same as having one streaming service a month but I would be able to have all of the shows that I would want to watch.
So a question to comment on: are there too many streaming services out there?
It's fair to say that everyone wants to be in the loop when it comes to the most popular shows at the time, so you can imagine my frustration when there are a bunch of popular shows that are all on different streaming platforms. And to get caught up on all of these shows, you’ll have to subscribe to numerous streaming platforms that would cost a lot in a month.
Additionally, the growth of these streaming services has created a problem of just too much entertainment. There is so much to catch up on across all of these different streaming platforms that I’ve just given up. There was a time that I wanted to watch all of Game of Thrones, but after it died from the public conversation, I gave up halfway through season two. Now the show people are talking a lot about is the Mandalorian which I haven’t even started yet.
Finally, and this is an important reason for me when I pay the monthly fee for the streaming service, often I’m doing it for only one show. I’m paying all of this money for an amount of content that probably isn’t worth the money I’m spending. For example, when Stranger Things came out last summer, I got Netflix that month for $8.99. That was the only show on Netflix that I watched. Would I have spent $8.99 on that season of Stranger Things? Absolutely not.
I wish I could pay a normal fee that would be the same as having one streaming service a month but I would be able to have all of the shows that I would want to watch.
So a question to comment on: are there too many streaming services out there?
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ReplyDeleteWhat your saying makes a lot of sense. There are many shows I have wanted to watch but have not been able to because it is on another streaming service. However, as an extreme Disney, fan I am really enjoying Disney Plus, and almost think it is different than other platforms such as Netflix and Hulu, as it is a company that has been around for a long time and is putting all of their content in one place, rather than with different services. I wish other companies would do this as well.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with this. One or two streaming services is a very manageable fee, but in order to watch all the shows I want to, I'd need five or six different subscriptions, and that comes out to a ridiculous monthly payment. I think a solution to this would be for a bunch of these different companies to collaborate and create a bundle that contains, say, Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+, for a lower price than their normal combined cost. This is a win-win, since it will open the companies up to a wider customer base that wasn't willing to pay for all of the services before, and give the customers the ability to enjoy more services.
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