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The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by soyagi@yiffit.net to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film

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For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn't want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

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[–] echoplex21@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At the moment I’m sharing Netflix/Gamepass with a friend who is sharing their Hbo/Hulu. Once they start cracking down on passwords im going to only subscribe when there is something there for me to watch.

Yeah I could resort to piracy but I want them to know why I subscribed and unsubscribed each time.

The day I go back to piracy is when they start drafting up 1/2 year contracts for their services. I don’t think it’s that far honestly . Probably another year or so we’ll see at least one streaming service try it .

[–] unscholarly_source@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I wonder if they even evaluate cause of unsubscription. A re-subscription simply brings their DAU/MAU (daily-active-users/monthy-active-users) stats up, and maintains the average trend...

A real message would be to not give them that count....

[–] bowreality@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Agree with that. That’s my plan as well and I am also expecting them to tie us down for several months at a time in the near future (2024?).