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It’s time to rethink our relationships with streaming services
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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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Seems like for most people they would be better off cancelling most streaming services and only renewing for a month or two when enough new content is there rather than having multiple ongoing subscriptions.
This is still the major benefit over old cable services. It is trivial to cancel. You can cancel right after signing up again and ride out the month. Not so much with old cable packages.
I think many people are afraid that they’re always going to find content they want is on a service they just let lapse. That isn’t even a big deal, just renew it then, but if it isn’t then you save money.
Disney makes it a little more enticing because their bundle is cheaper than Hulu or Disney Plus on their own, but if all the stuff you watch on a month is on Hulu then you’re not saving anything by keeping the unused Disney sub.
Mandatory yearly contacts incoming.
Startup time! We buy early subscriptions and rent them on monthly basis. €€€
Hey, let's make a startup! We charge users fixed fee and in return give them account in ONE streaming service. They can choose which one but and change them every month.