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Streaming services are going to eat themselves, eventually. None of them are worth keeping for an entire year, as you watch everything worth watching than cancel (or maybe it's just me, but I've not subbed to anything more than 2 or 3 months at a time) As more services get more fragmented they lose value, and with no long term subscribers they'll be unsustainable. |
Britbox - BBC and ITV do a Netflix • Page 3
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TheSaint 20,950 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI've never found that. I've had a Netflix sub since it launched over here and I still have a massive backlog of stuff I want to watch. Between Prime, Netflix, Iplayer and 4od I have more stuff than I could ever watch. -
Maybe it is just me, but I found I didn't watch anything for months so I unsubbed, and didn't go back for months -
TheSaint 20,950 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI guess it depends on what is your go-to service. Netflix is always my first port of call when I sit down to watch something, while my wife will always surf endlessly through the Sky channels.
They've recently added some game shows to Netflix so I've been spending hours watching Jeopardy. -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI can’t get even close to watching all the decent stuff on Netflix, never mind the others. -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThere’s an awful lot of what I consider shite on all the platforms, 95% of Netflix is of no interest to me. I’m subbed for the same reason as many though, my kids like watching Miraculous and Power Rangers. Prime is better value because it’s essentially chucked in with my delivery subscription and my eldest loves Just Add Magic. I barely watch tv any more -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoTheSaint wrote:
What is a complete waste of a life?
They've recently added some game shows to Netflix so I've been spending hours watching Jeopardy. -
Decks 31,013 posts
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Registered 6 years agoMy boys just started getting into Power Rangers. I was quite taken aback by how many variations of power ranger there is. I counted 416. -
Your-Mother 8,172 posts
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Registered 5 years agodrhickman1983 wrote:
What will eventually happen is what we see already with Amazon, Hulu (and to a lesser extent the live TV services like Vue, Sling et al), the separate specialist/individual provider streaming packages (HBO, CBS, BritBox, etc) will exist as add-ons for the bigger players.
Streaming services are going to eat themselves, eventually. None of them are worth keeping for an entire year, as you watch everything worth watching than cancel (or maybe it's just me, but I've not subbed to anything more than 2 or 3 months at a time)
As more services get more fragmented they lose value, and with no long term subscribers they'll be unsustainable. -
Armoured_Bear 31,233 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI can’t get even close to watching all the decent stuff on Netflix, never mind the others. -
DJCopa 2,577 posts
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Registered 15 years agoYou need to reboot. -
TheSaint 20,950 posts
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Registered 16 years agoelstoof wrote:
It's great.
TheSaint wrote:
What is a complete waste of a life?
They've recently added some game shows to Netflix so I've been spending hours watching Jeopardy. -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoDecks wrote:
My eldest still manages to demand a specific one despite the wide range
My boys just started getting into Power Rangers. I was quite taken aback by how many variations of power ranger there is. I counted 416. -
I don't watch that much TV, it's literally only a handful of things on anything that really appeal to me. Hence I don't watch much, so it's pointless to subscribe long term for me.
Furthermore I've been watching something, only for it to get taken down from the service. It's why I prefer physical media if its something I really enjoy. -
RyanDS 14,073 posts
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Registered 13 years agoelstoof wrote:
Tbf 5% of Netflix is still more than you could ever watch.
There’s an awful lot of what I consider shite on all the platforms, 95% of Netflix is of no interest to me. I’m subbed for the same reason as many though, my kids like watching Miraculous and Power Rangers. Prime is better value because it’s essentially chucked in with my delivery subscription and my eldest loves Just Add Magic. I barely watch tv any more -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoOk, 99% then -
mothercruncher 19,474 posts
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Registered 15 years agoimamazed wrote:
Yea, you can bugger right off with this. It’s a service I’m strongarmed into paying for and that I rarely ever use these days. 95 times out of a hundred, when there’s time to sit down and watch something, it’s via a streaming service these days. For me it’s astonishingly bad value. There isn’t a statin pill, elasticated waistline or Best Of Tina Turner album in sight.
A lot of Daily Mail-esque BBC bashing in here...
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I still watch more on BBC then Netflix, tbh. Rather pay for that than any streaming service -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoAren’t the most watched shows on Netflix just reruns of Friends and Frasier anyway -
DavidUnesco wrote:
No, not at all. Mostly playing Warcraft in a dingy bedroom.
drhickman1983 wrote:
I imagine you're too busy enjoying life outside in the sunshine. Good for you!
I don't watch that much TV, it's literally only a handful of things on anything that really appeal to me. Hence I don't watch much, so it's pointless to subscribe long term for me.
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up_the_ante 1,574 posts
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Registered 14 years agoDoes this mean I'll be able to binge watch all the years of ITV Saturday night TV I've missed? -
JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agodrhickman1983 wrote:
HELLOOOOO LADIES!!
DavidUnesco wrote:
No, not at all. Mostly playing Warcraft in a dingy bedroom.
drhickman1983 wrote:
I imagine you're too busy enjoying life outside in the sunshine. Good for you!
I don't watch that much TV, it's literally only a handful of things on anything that really appeal to me. Hence I don't watch much, so it's pointless to subscribe long term for me.
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Meh, I've not been on the market for years, and half the people I play with are ladies 
No worse then sitting around watching Netflix tbf -
SolidSCB 16,771 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI'll never understand how people can digest so much TV that they hold multiple subscriptions to multiple services. I only have Netflix and even that is daunting to me. I don't think I'll ever even get through 20% of the stuff I wouldn't mind giving a watch on there. -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoHalf the people you play with claim to be ladies -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoup_the_ante wrote:
I think there are a few gaps in my Take Me Out viewing history so this will be good for me
Does this mean I'll be able to binge watch all the years of ITV Saturday night TV I've missed? -
elstoof wrote:
Considering that I've met several of them and knew one of them before we played wow, I'm inclined to believe them.
Half the people you play with claim to be ladies
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I've missed 445 episodes of The X factor so far, because I had other things to do. So those are a must watch. And then I'll have to watch all the Xtra factors, to catch up on all the behind the scenes goss. This Britbox sounds amazing.
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