_Fox_trot_ t1_iybdyo0 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 3:23 AM

I just don’t see the point of subscribing to these smaller streaming services. Outside of the big ones: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBOMAX, and Disney. What’s the point? I’m not paying x amount each month to just watch 1-2 shows on a service no matter how good they are.

Seriously who even are the people that pay for Starz, AMC+, Peacock, Showtime, ParamountPlus, AppleTV, etc.?

Donex101 t1_iyc7c7x wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:44 AM

AppleTV has great content. Doesn't deserve to be grouped with that other garbage.

Existing-Class-140 t1_iyc6fyt wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:31 AM

> no matter how good they are.

What if they're once-in-a-decade level shows, like Thrones or Breaking Bad? Would you still not subscribe to watch them? Even after they're completed, with 73 and 62 episodes respectively? That's hell of an amount of content. That's obviously a theoritical example btw.

Poormidlifechoices t1_iycqp5t wrote on November 30, 2022 at 12:56 PM

It's easy if you have kids. My 4yr old managed to subscribe by clicking yes in order to play a movie.

I didn't even realize it until I got to looking at my bill.

DeadCalamari1 t1_iyd04jk wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:18 PM

I know we pay for these services for specific shows. As a TWD franchise fan AMC might as well just be called "TWD Universe" I have no real intent of seeing anything else on their platform. It probably shouldn't have been independent in the first place.

It's a rough time for cable channel networks.

bergskey t1_iyd5co4 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:58 PM

A lot of these I rotate based on the deal they offer. I just did a year of paramount plus and showtime for $75. There is a ton of stuff we watch on paramount plus like the new beavis and butthead and the nick cartoons for the kids. I have starz right now because it was $10 for 6 months and there was a specific show I wanted to watch. Last year I got a year of amc+ for $24. So I rotate them and usually pay very little.