| I carry this idea around since a couple of months as well. And I would totally be willing to pay $100 per month for this, if it only would include literally everything: Paywalls of newssites, magazines, books, scientific papers, series, movies, music, audiobooks. Everything.
- DRM / Region Code free.
- With curated meta-data.
- Accessible wordlwide.
- Free choice of audio tracks, independent of the customer's location.
- Available upon release (no delays).
- Streaming and local download (well-established, non-proprietary file formats!).
- All accessible from this one central "media hub". Most of the services have lost me as a customer, due to ridiculous limitations (Player), only streaming possible (no sufficient "download over wifi and playback offline" options) etc. What the content providers are missing...it is about convenience. I'd be willing to pay $1200 a year to have this convenience, freedom and feeling of not being "screwed over". Right now I am paying for none of those services and lent my media on DVD or BR from friends and colleagues. Or listen to free music streaming services and podcasts.
I get audiobooks on CDs from the local library.
I get books from friends or the library.
I don't have cable or anything else. The content providers are missing out. Because my yearly spendings for media are below $100 and I pretty much can observe similar behavior amongst my friends and colleagues. It is a big opportunity, but it has to be done right. |