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Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?::What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?

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[–] Copernican@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Most evenings, I find myself stuck in this phase, during which time I am likely to cycle through something resembling the five stages of grief. There’s Denial (I swear I had a Paramount+ account); Anger (I cannot believe I have to pay for Paramount+); Bargaining (I promise I will cancel my subscription after the one-week Paramount+ trial period ends); Depression (I cannot believe I didn’t remember to cancel Paramount+ after the trial period ended); and Acceptance (Let’s just head to Netflix and watch Suits).

Do people not realize you can cancel your subscription immediately after registering. The cancelation just stops the automatic monthly renewal. No one wants to deal with the hassle of pro rating and refunding partial used monthly subscriptions, so cancelling renewal is all it does.

[–] Lightsong@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I got 3 months free paramount and I canceled the subscription, and it expired in a week instead of 3 months. Its such bullshit.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mostly just channel surf on Pluto or Roku for free lol

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[–] chrisphero@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m sorry, but I really don’t get it… the bigger question is and always has been where can I watch it.

It was a bit easier during the beginning of the streaming era, but never that easy, especially in Europe…

I need a stupid app (JustWatch) to tell me where I can watch a movie or show… so how is it easy to watch? It’s also not easy if I need 4+ streaming services…

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Well, how? I go to my mighty little website and they give it to me for free...

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Just let me have my Stremio, and I'm a content man

[–] mycall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

When lost for what to watch, goto /r/InterdimensionalCable

[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

After just a few times of trying to watch something and not knowing which or if it was on any of my services I went straight back to the places I know will have exactly what I'm looking for in a couple clicks. Things have only gotten worse since then with the explosion of the number of streaming services.

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Personally, that's one of the reasons why I haven't bothered to watch a TV series for almost a decade now. Between this, the constant crackdown on piracy, the outrageous prices for original media, and the constant moral issues from popular culture icons and media CEOs, I'd rather sleep in my free time

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“What should Ie watch?” is the question not because the quality of the offerings is so good, but because generally the offerings are absolute crap. Free current B movies are a lucky find, the rest is all old C and D list crap. You can’t even find highly regarded classics like Schindler’s List or Shawshank Redemption for free most of the time.

It’s unbundling all the way down. Charge for the service, charge for the quality of service (# of devices, 4k or not), then charge for the better content.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

As people get accustomed to crap, there will be more money in crap than in great films, so the crap will start to become the norm, and it will become very difficult to find quality.

[–] pdavis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I still use my DVD/Blu-ray by mail subscription from Netflix. Practically everything was available that way. I will be canceling Netflix for a while after that goes away at the end if the month. I plan to just rotate through which services I subscribe to.

[–] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Streaming services need to be federated, so there is a central search for content, and services are paid seamlessly for what's watched on their platforms. The customer barely needs to know who delivers the content.

[–] hregly@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I use JustWatch, I like it well enough.

[–] Copernican@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Doesn't Roku, Comcast STB, and other OTT devices do just that? You speak into the remote or search. It spits out all possible streaming options to choose from, preferencing the services you have accounts or subscriptions for?

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It’s like the author never used the search function on a set top box. Most will allow you to add a program to a master queue and then will show you what channel(s) the program is on when you want to watch it. And unlike cable, you don’t have to call to add the channel when you don’t have it, or to cancel when you no longer want it.

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago
[–] chickenfish@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"what do I want to watch" is stupid hard, cmon. I spend most of my time watching the roku screen saver.
How? If it's not on my plex it's probably on a friends.
I'm tired of this expensive fragmented bullshit.

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