Which streaming services do you use?

wease · Post by **wease** » Tue March 22, 2022 4:53 pm

Jorge wrote:Anyone use Curiosity Stream?

Is it nothing but shows about dead cats?

bada · Post by **bada** » Tue March 22, 2022 5:10 pm

muttuphalfdead wrote:I feel like YouTube TV should have a channel that links directly to YouTube. I hate that I have to close out of the TV app to get to it

I think in the youtube app you can get to youtubetv but not the other way around. They set that up during their dispute with Roku.

Malloy · Post by **Malloy** » Tue March 22, 2022 6:09 pm

too many. criterion mubi hbo hulu prime

access to paramount+ amc+ netflix apple disney

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Tue March 22, 2022 6:43 pm

YouTube TV
HBO Max
Disney Plus
Hulu (free with Spotify Premium)

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:07 pm

Can someone please explain the benefit of streaming providers just removing their own content from their service? I keep reading about Disney in particular removing shows from the service. Why? They aren't paying anyone to keep it on there. I saw they are removing Willow, and now one of the best things they've done in recent years, The Mysterious Benedict Society.

Post by **The Argonaut** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:53 pm

They counted beans. They found out how many people use Disney+ to watch old episodes of Willow (a very small number of people). How many of those people would cancel if we pulled those shows? How much does it cost to keep them up (not just servers but also residuals to writers and actors and whatnot)? How many of those people will buy a DVD or VOD if their preferred show isn't on streaming? Put the numbers into a formula and whichever gets the most pennies wins.

Alternatively, protecting the brand. Someone signs up for Disney+ to watch Star Wars content and enjoys it. But they get through that and try something else. If the first thing they look at is something they don't like, like Willow, will they cancel? Quality over quantity sort of thing. The argument against this is that you can leave something available but have the algorithm bury it. So one would have to search for Willow but never be recommended Willow.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Thu May 25, 2023 4:57 pm

Argo unfortunately gets it.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Thu May 25, 2023 4:57 pm

In the sense that it’s a crumby fate for these works, not that it’s unfortunate that Argo is the one who expressed it.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Thu May 25, 2023 5:11 pm

Are all of Disney's animated movies on there? They used to keep a lot of those in the vault and only release them at certain times to keep interest high.

Post by **The Argonaut** » Thu May 25, 2023 6:00 pm

I think they left off the more problematic ones

lennytheweedwhacker · Post by **lennytheweedwhacker** » Thu May 25, 2023 6:04 pm

Yeah the good ones

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Thu May 25, 2023 6:15 pm

BurtReynolds wrote:Are all of Disney's animated movies on there? They used to keep a lot of those in the vault and only release them at certain times to keep interest high.

I raised this in the other thread where we were discussing this, that I can totally envision a future where classics are rotated in and out of the vault, or tiered pricing where you get different “channels” (Marvel, Star Wars, classics, etc.). It’s just going to become cable again.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Thu May 25, 2023 8:32 pm

Omg they updated the Roku screensaver again! So excited.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Thu May 25, 2023 8:36 pm

I spend more time in Roku Town than just about anywhere else.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Thu May 25, 2023 8:39 pm

Simple Torture wrote:I spend more time in Roku Town than just about anywhere else.

It's either that or YouTube for me.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Thu May 25, 2023 9:17 pm

BurtReynolds wrote:Omg they updated the Roku screensaver again! So excited.

I still have fish

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu May 25, 2023 9:31 pm

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Post by **Jorge** » Thu May 25, 2023 9:32 pm

Mods, do not do that

Post by **Jorge** » Thu May 25, 2023 9:34 pm

This was settled some time ago

tragabigzanda wrote:
Jorge wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Also, if ever there were a thread that could be merged, this was it…
Which thread should it be merged with? I considered Cord Cutters but not everuone who uses streaming apps is a cord cutter, hence the question at the top of the thread
Good point. You are right

Post by **The Argonaut** » Thu May 25, 2023 9:41 pm

IN FACT:

I've been watching a bunch of movies recently on the Watch TCM streaming app, an app I have access to specifically because my cord is not cut

Red Mosquito

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