[berbec]

Disney bought the rest of Hulu. They currently have full control and will have 100% ownership in a few years.

We're getting to the point where you don't spend 10 minutes flipping channels; you spend 10 minutes checking different streaming apps. And the monthly spend is approaching parity. I spend $75 on streaming services a month.

[devoply]

Yeah Netflix isn't going anywhere, Disney is just going to justify its chunk of your entertainment spending. I am okay with $50 spend for a large catalog of stuff to watch with no commercials, that enough of the improvement. Cable was and continues to be a scam which charges a lot of money and delivers very little value. So good riddance to that garbage.

[rayiner]

That’s not really a fair comparison, though. $75 per month didn’t buy you access to tons of on-demand movies back in the day.

[chaostheory]

It’s not a fair comparison. Let’s not forget - no commercials

[willio58]

Not necessarily. Low tiers of Hulu still have commercials.

[chaostheory]

Yes I pay $.99 / month for it. The normal plan with ads is 6.99 and 10.99 without ads. Currently no other service has traditional ads

Honestly I don’t see how anyone is paying $75 / month for streaming services unless they are paying for sports plans, which most people don’t subscribe to. Most people subscribe to only 2-3 streaming services which probably includes amazon prime. That comes to roughly $35/month

[berbec]

I'm using memory for the prices VRV - $10 Netflix - $13 Amazon - $10 Spotify - $10 DirecTV Now - $40

[rak00n]

The plan with ads comes for free if you have Spotify premium account.

[thr0w__4w4y]

Unless your account is a Spotify Premium for Family account (I just looked it up to confirm the word "Premium" was still in there). Which is a good deal, don't get me wrong. But then the Hulu thing doesn't apply.

A couple months ago there was an announcement about free basic Hulu with your Spotify Premium account. Unless you're a family, then fuck you.

[zuron7]

Why not loop through different streaming services through the year? Have only a single subscription at a time. The friction to sign up for a streaming service is minimal compared to getting a new cable connection. Of course, this would require that one be willing to wait to watch the latest episode of a show.

[titanomachy]

We have a lot of subscriptions as well, although probably not $75 per month... however the cost is spread across four households (parents and siblings all share accounts). In cable days, including premium channels, that would have been $100 each instead of the current ~$20 each.