Re: Disney+ Streaming

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

This started under the Cable regime, People were complaining about having to buy channel bundles instead of simply 
choosing the channels they wanted to subscribe to.

Owen


> On Nov 28, 2019, at 11:33 , Ross Tajvar <ross () tajvar io> wrote:
>
> Well, not exactly. Each service is still a bunch of shows and movies bundled together. If you only want to watch one 
> show, you can't just buy that, you have to buy the whole service.
>
> Of course, there are services where you can buy individual movies and episodes (Google Play comes to mind). But 
> Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, etc. don't operate that way.
>
> -Ross  
>
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 1:53 PM Owen DeLong <owen () delong com <mailto:owen () delong com>> wrote:
> While I agree about the likely outcome, I will point out that consumers have been
> begging for unbundling for years.
>
> This fragmentation of streaming services _IS_ the direct result of that request.
>
> It’s unbundled service, exactly what they have been asking for.
>
> Owen
>
>
> > On Nov 26, 2019, at 01:54 , Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu <mailto:mark.tinka () seacom mu>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/Nov/19 22:36, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> >
> > > I actually suspect streaming is going to decline (at least in
> > > comparison to where it could have grown to) if this streaming service
> > > fragmentation continues.
> > >
> > > I think people are going to reject the idea that they need to subscribe
> > > to a dozen streaming services at $10-$20/mo. each and will be driven
> > > back the good old "single source" (piracy) they used to use before 1
> > > (or perhaps 2) streaming services kept them happy enough to abandon
> > > piracy.
> > >
> > > The content providers are going to piss in their bed again due to
> > > greed.  Again.
> >
> > This!
> >
> > At the beginning of this year, I dumped Prime Video because while I
> > initially got it for "The Grand Tour", almost all the other content was
> > not available in Africa. Didn't see the point of shelling out over
> > US$100/year for just one show, especially since we already have Netflix
> > + a local linear pay TV service.
> >
> > I bought the wife a new iPhone 11 Pro earlier this month. This got us
> > 1-year's worth of free AppleTV+. Not a lot of content so far, but I hear
> > the same about Disney+. Granted 2 of the 3 shows on TV+ are not bad. But
> > it's free, so what the heck.
> >
> > I'm not keen on paying for more than one streaming service, if I'm
> > honest. There already isn't enough time in the world for regular life,
> > never mind watching one streaming service... now we have to deal with
> > more, each with their own price? Not sure how well the streaming
> > providers expect regular folk to take all of this fragmentation.
> >
> > As my daughter would say, "They can miss me with it :-)".
> >
> > Mark.