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Paying up to 23$ a month (not including other streaming services) to watch maybe 5% of the shows and movies I'm interested in just didn't seem like a good deal after a while.
Nope, you need more than 1 subscription, because quite often services only offer a few of the seasons of your favorite show, while the others are on different services.
Example: https://www.pokemon.com/us/animation/where-to-watch-pokemon-episodes-movies
EIGHT different services? That is some corporate greed bullshit right there.
LOL if it wasn't on the official website I'd have assumed it was a joke.
Would you:
Or... Just click on "get all missing episodes" on sonarr?
And for those that are able to keep to just one subscription, switching to another when they've finished watching whatever show it is that said service had, they aren't safe either.
One of the next steps that these corporations are going to take is to add fees for dropping their services, with year long contracts.
They don't want competition, so they will try to force you to stay.
Kind of what I meant as being a problem but thanks I guess.
I know a lot of people who are sailing the Seas until the streaming Market crashes. There's way too many businesses trying to do the same exact thing which has limited the media selection available without paying multiple $12 a month subscriptions. Eventually they will either fold or merge together again
Ironically this is a double edged sword. If they merge, expect prices to rise. Won't be long before $100/mo is expected and accepted.