To some extent I think exclusivity of all of these shows is a problem. Everyone is trying to control the entire pipeline and all of the content. Friends and Seinfeld didn't have reruns exclusively on NBC. You could watch them for whoever was willing to pay to show old episodes. With ads, I hope that changes the calculus on keeping everything exclusive forever. Additionally, when it comes to controlling the whole pipeline, that is a bit anti competitive. Take a show like Last Man Standing. It originally aired on ABC for six years but one of the big production companies was Fox's 20th Century Television. Not sure that will necessarily change again but all of this reminds of the anti trust law that broke up big movie studios back in the day. You could only watch an MGM movie in an MGM theater. I think streaming could use some of that.

Stop giving them more ideas to rob us Caleb! That reconnect fee has me pissed before it even happens. It's not our fault they've overspent on talent and content. There are too many streaming services anyway. We don't need more crappy Paramount+es or Peacocks. I hope some go under. What pissed me off the most was them robbing features we already have. I already canceled Max and about to cancel Prime because of it.

Cinemas and theaters will be big again if they go Micro-LED.

You should do a deep dive on sports streaming and how they are squeezing every dime possible out of the customer base between subs on different platforms and exclusive deals on a per game basis. It’s getting wild.

​@@rizqi-hiktakaewi678People will buy the tvs for home use. Hollywood is done.

So easy to get everything free from all networks commercial free,

and watching ads in the windows start menu also... arggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!1

That’s how TV always worked though?

"Oooo, I can see (movie) on (streaming service). I subscribe to (streaming service)." Then...I'm hit with the rental charge for said movie. 😐

cable tv? media can´t survived without ad´s unless you don´t mind paying higher prices. newspapers ads,magazines ads,radio stations ads,tv ads,theaters sponsors,cinemas ads before the movie showing,youtube ads,websites ads ect ect

It was HDR (High Dynamic Range) that was mentioned, not HD (High Definition). But yes, a valid point nonetheless!

@@CRiley-zx1ws I understand the difference it’s ok but yes, a valid point nonetheless! 👍🏻👍🏻

I agree but the sad reality is that so many people actually don’t give a sh*t about the quality of content they watch (because they’re too busy watching it on their phone and being on TikTok at the same time) - services have worked out that charging the minority of customers who DO care about quality a premium is the most profitable route…

Making 4K a premium feature is justified because it takes up four times more server space than 1080, and currently, only 10% of users watch in 4K. Therefore, it makes sense to charge more for 4K.

Totally for example my 65 inch Bravia has 4k capabilities and SKy wish to charge for me to see things in HD. 🙄

Exactly

Greed is what fuels capitalism. Stiff the consumer for all you can.

I use Firefox + NoScript + UBlock Origin. I see no ads unless it is part of the video itself, and those I can skip over by moving the slider. UBlock tells me it blocked 357 items on this page (ads, trackers, cookies, etc.)

What are you talking about? I use Brave browser on PC and UKposts Revanced on Android and never see any ads

Hard to call it irony when you consume this content for free. If you were sending him a check, it would be different. The problem is when you already pay money for a subscription AND THEN you have ads on top of that. That's where I find it to be absurd.

Basically, its cable tv now ale carte like when you buy adult channels on comcast now buying separate channel/app subscriptions. PURE GREED!

I sprung for youtube premium. $14.00/mo. and worth it to me. I mostly watch UKposts for concerts and how to crap.

Me too! I rip them to my Jellyfin server to maintain the convenience of streaming.

@@AlexBGamesONLINE Is that a clone of Plex?

Good solution but a bit expensive. What do you really do with a 3 years old DVD? They're collecting dust?

@@MuahMannot quite a clone, but very similar. It doesn’t have pay walls for features that plex has.

@@racineurr.8924 well, they’re not DVDs. UHD Blu-ray is very different. Most of us who collect physical only buy what we re watch often.

The entitlement is real.

@@1337Jogi how so?

@@mikeschaeffer7262Well mostly because I hear from all sides how people are upset about rising pices ads and so on - calling the companys greedy. Like you saw in this video though the last 10+ years have been an exception. The market was financed by investors in an unsustainable way. It was not based on real revenue or monetization. I remember when I used to pay for cable AND had on top 15 minutes of Ads per 1h. And that with a fixed schedule, and mostly subpar content. Now we have video on demand and a massive pool of very high quality content and still I pay less and have few Ads. Of course this was not sustainable. The cost for production is massive and consumers now for the first time in the last 10 or so years are beginning to actually pay for it.

@@1337Jogiwut?

Enjoy having no content while i enjoy my huge physical media collection and around 10tb of films, tv shows and music on PC 😀👍

The water cooler chat died with covid. After that we all work from home 😂

have you tried to have intelligent and meaningful conversations at the water cooler instead of regurgitating whatever you saw on TV the night before ? Is that how pathetic we've become ?

@@elpepelucho I don’t have a water cooler in my house .. but I have water in the fridge.. i chat to it all day.. But it doesn’t give much back.

GOOD.

That's a lot of years of subscription still

How the heck did you get and store 10,000 discs? Impressive

You should probably start stocking up on additional physical media players as there will be fewer and fewer of those produced.

10K DVD's?! That's got to be over $100K in DVD's. You've paid more than a lifetime of streaming for 10K DVD's. I guess you have a library to show for it though.

Maybe you should start your own streaming service.

The high seas are calling back and apparently I, too, shall answer and keep my eyes on that horizon 😂

Yo ho yo ho ☠️

It's never been easier to set sail.

The thing that gets me back on the high seas is when they remove content, sometimes before I even have time to watch it. WTH did I just pay for?

@@mrbishi634 Yeah, every time there's a movie I have in mind, it's not on any of the sites, when I know it was there before.

The Netflix Standard with Ads plan is not bad.

🏴‍☠️

@@amazingeric97paying for ads ain't bad? they used to charge $7 they removed the middle options so you either pay low with ads or the highest plan. I will not pay for ads again.

@@philippelarabie9871Also works for spotify, the free version has no ads with a ad blocker.

If it has ads its bad. I will not pay to watch advertisemens. ​@@amazingeric97

Better to custom code yourself, than to be Television program(ed).

@@iRelevant.47.blacklisted Well said. Same could be said for social media and other forms of viral entertainment. Mental debilitation where our eyeballs and our information are being sold for profit.

i don't watch and still find free entertainment without doing anythin u listed in ur comment so i agree its possible lol

I stopped watching tv about 4 years ago and my friends and family think I’m weird. I didn’t stop for any grand or meaningful reason other than I was tired of paying for service and stupid shows and I was busy and saw no value in watching tv anymore

Hey, you sound like some sort of revolutionary person. I may have to report you to the authorities. Just kidding!

when our libraries closed during pandemic Hoopla and Libby became invaluable - You Tube (yes with ads 🥴)(walk with cane live near Toronto so why am I binge watching hot tent camping in Maritimes 🤣😂) and Amazon Prime until end of 2024 - want to go back to MLB audio subscription so bye bye Prime

This comment deserves more likes

At the latest when AI becomes so powerful that you can no longer distinguish fakes from reality (wich will be soon), we will eventually have to come back to good old libraries for fact checking.

I go my city's library once a week. I rent and rip DVDs easily. Boom, content.

Use libraries? Not sure what I should read into this comment.

I’m so close to cancelling Netflix

@@nycmvl Already did.

What if they all do that?

@@paradigm2841 I only sub to netflix so i can only speak for what i sub to, if the others do that i hope the subscribers have the gumption to stand against it.

@@paradigm2841if they do they see a massive loss. Those who know how to will just find other ways.

I agree. I have UKposts, indie comics, manga and audio dramas.

@@markmunroe-hz8rf amen! audio dramas are the great lost art of media that is so unfortunately largely unknown to most people. I always rave about stuff like the productions coming out of that "graphic audio" company. You have to go back to the 1940s (at least in North America) when audio-drama was a mainstream thing; so it largely even predates the boomers. You have to go back to "The Great Generation" before there is any collective memory of this medium. The internet has made this lost medium viable again.

@@TransCanadaPhil there are new audio dramas being made and available. You can search Google.

i cannot tell for every platform, but for YT, I believe they have yet to make it profitable. Google has been losing money with YT year after year, for over 20 years. YT's platform is 2nd to none. That level of quality means it costs a fortune to maintain and operate. Plus all the staff they employ. Now that they dominate the market, they will bomb us with ever more ads to start to make it profitable.

Infinite Growth is the one concept that is hurting everything.... Every single industry craves it yet it never happens.

Drop all the so called 🏴‍☠️ names so we can get our free view on…lol.

Right, by some estimates, piracy has gone up by as much as 36% in the last few years. Also, there's plenty of evidence of long years of cable TV charges outpacing inflation, and I'm sure the same will prove true of streaming services. No doubt, if anyone really looked in to it, you would find almost as much overcharging and waste in Hollywood as you can find in US military spending. And as a side note, I'm all for everyone involved in the industry making their fair share, but I think people maybe need reminding that every time they get on social media to champion pay raises and residuals for everyone and his uncle, that they are also championing price hikes for themselves. ;)

Infinite growth in general is a concept that is impossible on a finite planet like ours.

@@supertrexandroidx Will say, on that last point, that's more so a problem of the CEO's of these companies raking in millions upon potentially billions of dollars for themselves with none of it going to the people under them. They're making more than enough to pay the workers fairly, but they don't because they want that sweet cash. And to prove that they would have enough money: Nintendo has a CEO that only makes around $500,000 USD, gave everyone in the company pay raises recently with their Salaries being more than $50,000 USD, and have kept prices for their consoles as low as they could while making high quality products (Not including Pokemon because that's a GameFreak and The Pokemon Company problem). As of right now, they have a total of $11 Billion Dollars USD in the bank with no debt, no overspending, none of that. The gaming industry costs more than the entirety of the entertainment industry, so if Nintendo can do this without the usual price hikes, then these services can too.

I'm with you! But how do you protect your data from corruption? I've lost almost everything I've ever downloaded including a lifetime of digital photos because of shitty storage devices 😮‍💨

Dude if you grew up in the 90s how are you not used to ads? The only services that didn't had ads was premium PAY services like HBO. If you happened to catch a TV movie you had to watch basically like 45 minutes of ads and even now on streaming we don't have that.

@Madamchief download your music and movies from safe sources. Keep your computer up to date with all updates and great anti-virus protection. Buy a 1 terabyte external hard drive and use tgst as your backup fir your music and or movie library. Have another library of all your music on your computer. And if your using a older mp3 player with external SD memory card, then obviously have a copy of all your music on that. This way even if your SD card and your computer shit the bed or get corrupted, you still have your external 1 terabyte gard drive. As for movies, just but dvd/bluerays and take care of them. If you do this you wo t ever need go lay for subscriptions ever again or listen to ads.

@xuxon24 girl; I can't be bothered with ads. Yes I remember the ads on TV back in the 90's. But guess what? Cd's, mp3 files, vhs and dvds DIDNT HAVE ADS!. You insert a DVD or vhs and boom you can watch the movie whenever you like. With ads and mp3 files, you can listen to your music anytime anywhere without ads or subscriptions. Best thing about my old d hool mp3 player is that it's small. Easily fits in my pocket. Has physical buttons so I can actually play/pause or change volume or change the track without taking the device out of my pocket. It's also more discrete and easy to hid in case I want to listen to music where it's prohibited to do so. Has excellent battery life since it's not connected to the internet and dors t have a bright big touch screen to drain the dam battery. It has an external SD memory card slot so I pretty much have vomited storage space. I never have to worry about tracks being unplayable because you know, I haven't connected my device to the internet for too long. No subscriptions ever. All my mp3 files are MINE forever. I have so gs put into separate Playlist so depending on my mood I can chose my favorite Playlist. It's just so convenient and easy to use. Also mp3 players are note robust than our glass smartphones. It also has a proper headphone jack. No adapter or dongle needed. Dvd's and bluerays are definitely the way to go. I buy them once and I gave them st my disposal forever. Anytime I watch them I just insert and play. Absolutely no ads. No subscriptions. And I don't ever have to worry about those movies or shows dusapoering from a streaming service. My life is precious. I only have one life. I will not be forced aginst my will to watching fucking ads everytime I want to watch a show, movie or listen to music. That's my personal time. If corporations want to pay me a rate for my time, then I may on occasional consider watching their useless ads. Otherwise they can piss off. Your welcome to waste your time enduring with endless ads. Add up all the time you spent watching ads and you might realize. To each their own.

@@julianus_dux_bellorum9585 you mention music a lot, they're hasn't been ads in music since the radio or unless you use free sources of music. If you are going to download then there is basically no issues and you don't even need an old mp3 player when even with a modern phone you can put music on it.

And full of creative ideas. Have u seen indie toons on UKposts? I have loads of faves ane they don't give an eff about what streaming TV has done to the industry and bringing people back together!

But it’s old stuff. How many times can you watch the same thing?🤔

@@billmulvihill8452 If you really love the film, lots of times. I have all my favorite films on 4K disc and I go back and watch them again all the time. Now, not everything will be available on disc, of course, but most of your favorite films will be.

Exactly.

Exactly....Suicide by GREED😂

​@billmulvihill8452 I have many many dvds and cds....and I always add to the collection from the Thrift Store so no more of a problem of repeats no more so than these streaming companies keep showing the same Ole same Ole not adding new things very often....so not a problem.

it also sucks for people who travel or have family elsewhere. I have family in the US but live in Europe so I'll often be in the US for weeks if not months on end. my Girfriend is from the UK so same story there. My sister is currently backpacking Asia with her friends and won't be home for a few months so she's lost access to Netflix. to add to the issue there was supposedly meant to be a code you could apply for in order to use your Netflix outside your WiFi for a very short extended period which naturally turned into a scam and I've seen so many texts trying to pretend to be Netflix getting these codes to get your information.

It's called a VPN, people. There are even free ones available. Or you can pay a pretty low monthly fee in order to be able to watch whatever you want in any country in the world.

I think there's a fee for shoving things up their arses. Can't be sure...

@@mattbosley3531free VPN sucks, so many restrictions that I rather not use them altogether

​@@mattbosley3531it seems as if you have no idea what you are talking about.

UKposts premium is my only subscription

@Canuckrz Agreed! The lack of quality content is why I finally dumped Netflix, and am contemplating dropping Prime as well. I don't know where, or how, the guy who made this video got the impression that there's lots of quality content being made by these streaming services. There is nothing further from the truth! By definition quality implies less quantity, simply because high-quality content requires artistry, attention to detail, creativity. I can count on two hands (with at least three fingers left over) the number of times I've had that experience on Netflix (or any other service for that matter) of watching content with intellectual, spiritual and emotional depth; or have had the simple pleasure of a satisfying story well-told -- and that was primarily programming streamed from British TV. We, the consumer, must remember that the course of trends lies with us. We can, and should, just say no. Unsubscribe without fear that life becomes somehow boring or unbearable without access to empty content crapped out by greedy streaming services.

Resident Evil was okay, it was an offbeat spinoff that would have been a cool enough thing to watch if it weren't Resident Evil branded. The show would have been cancelled after Lance Reddick died anyway. He brought the show most of the cred it had and they could have kept bringing him back as clones indefinitely, except he died irl. Must have been cheap to make compared to Rings of Power too.

I liked Cowboy Beebop!

At least cowboy bebop had some good music

Personally, I LOVE that I have never even heard of ANY of the examples that you mention.

Watching physical media on one of todays high end TVs is an awe inspiring experience. The visuals of compressed video are subpar at best.

Facts - I decided to jump into 4k Blueray for to get the LOTR 4k releases. I was thunderstruck. It’s NOT the same.. even a 4k film on Apple ( by far the best service quality wise ) is only about 1/5th of the full experience. It got me thinking maybe I should build my collection of classic again on 4k Blu-ray. & don’t get me started about my Sonos sound bar. - it suddenly had a fit and I’m like.. oh shit is that what I bought 😳🤣

Been a physical viewer for years now and Blu Rays quality beats streaming hands down

Us collectors have known how bad streaming compression is compared to physical for years now

Sadly, the quality of the viewing experience is based on the quality of the media AND the quality of the equipment. Little soundbars do a pretty good job when you are just watching a sitcom or news ast, but to get the real theater experience, you need a serious sound system and a big screen. But the cost of such equipment, the procurement of Blu-Ray discs, and the space that must be dedicated is hardly worth the expense unless you have money to burn, a big house, and time on your hands.

you'd be appalled at what my disabled no-antenna friend pays for RCN cable. the taxes and fees alone would almost pay for HULU... which Might be OK ... IFF the graphics were not so Tiny.... ... so it amuses me to hear someone complain about $3 when folks with no other options pay over $150 for cable . .. quit yer whinin'...

@@kc9kel funny when a mr know it all plays fgor corperate greed

​@@kc9kel hey the guy has a legitimate complaint, and if your friend wants to pay 150 for cable that's his choice, and I understand having a small income and being disabled myself

Particularly when the ads are gross - Lume being the worst.

@@kellyf8215lmao “you’re gonna be leaking for days” 😂😂😂

Yeah generally almost all ads make me NOT want to go and buy whatever junk they sell

If your kids are on your tax return, they are part of your family and Netflix can take their service and shove it somewhere I can't say on here!

If they’re not living with you they should be able to afford their own account 🥂

@@MrGettemTV I think he's saying they live with his ex-spouse

​@@MrGettemTV None of your business either way

I have the same tier and you just have to open an account for them but it's still under your plan. I think you can have 2 or 4. I'm not 100% outside of your household on that tier.

Yeah, I just subscribe on and off now

Omg. That feels really high. In Canada, the Standard package with no commercials is $119.99CDN per month, which works out to £69.23

I did the same. I now pay for 2-3 months out of the year to catch up on some shows I’m a fan of.

@@Peeps7468per month or year? :P

@@ironfist7789per year. :) I’m really surprised that people in the UK are paying 2x what Canadians pay. It’s wild.

Republican? Im all in...

Yeppa

I wonder if anyone from these media companies pays any attention to what viewers think/want. They'd learn a lot just by reading comments like these.

@@panzaverde20- You mean Republicans GREED…

Do you have an opinion on the fact that since most streaming companies don’t make money, these corporations are paying us to watch on their service?

Do the same thing with video games. People got subscription fatigue, especially in this economy

Keep your optical discs. Hard drives fail.

@@BillyBob-xv3fu trust me, I am! But I only keep the dvds around for burning and restoring.

I’m joining this movement now!

Downside is that you're not watching anything new

Sad facts .. and it’s overwhelming

Yup back when they had a monopoly they could easily buy up shows for streaming for cheap. Other companies realized it was a bad deal selling streaming rights when they could just make their own. Turns out having a streaming monopoly was better, who knew?

@@epiclamp44 it wasn't a bad deal, they were greedy and wanted more. At this point if they pooled all their content into one platform and charged what cable used to charge would be better for everyone involved.. but of course, huge monopoly issues would arise.

I purposely would not watch TV shows I was interested in, and would purchase them on DVD solely to avoid commercial ads.

I've started collecting blurays and dvds again. Right now all the big studios are trying to get out of making physical media, but there's at least a boutique industry for releasing discs that should keep the process afloat

I'm one of those people. One of many!

Yes back to buying the movies and making my own library.

I also borrow movie discs from the local library too. It's a good way to see older movies that you never got a chance to see.

Yeah I hate many dvs aren't available

I do the same. But with Torrent 😂

Lmao high five@@gobbledygook5000

Weekly? Man that's going to be an expensive habit! I think it's time for you to join us in the high seas!

I'm just not interested in owning physical media. It becomes clutter for me. 10yr ago I converted my DVDs (those worthy of keeping) to h264 compressed content and stored in cloud. Today, I purchase some content in cloud so no ads (for now). TBH, at this point in my life I will deal with ads over cost in most scenarios.

Don't forget your local public/community libraries.

@@jbrickey incorrect, you are not purchasing content in the cloud, you are paying for access to content that can be taken away.

@@tylerrynberg ummmm, sure anything is possible but I'm not losing sleep over the possibility that Apple or Amazon may change their terms resulting in me losing access to a movie I purchased and watched 10 times. I will risk that in favor of decluttering my life. Too, I enjoy accessing my content pretty much anywhere vs. lugging DVDs and possibly a player, cables, etc. when I travel. But that is just me. To each their own.

I run a Jellyfin server with a whole bunch of digital movies all in HD or 4k with surround audio. Only streaming services we really use are the free ones (with ads of course) like PlutoTV and LG's channel service which runs mostly Pluto content.

I remember the worst channel ever was TNT when I had cable. It seemed like every 5 minutes they had 10 minutes of ads.

Free TV was really crappy. The quality was abysmal (bandwidth on the satellite costs money), they heavily cut the series and movies to make space for more commercials and they cut out english and other audio tracks to save on licenses. Got rid of my VHS library pretty quickly that I built up over the years.

"When we were first introduced to cable we were told if we paid for the services we would not have any commercials. " No. We were never told that. The only cable channels without ads were the premium movie channels. Every other station had ads from day one dating back to TBS and WGN. ". Boy that was so nice watching MTV 24-7 without any interruptions." Except that never happened. MTV had ads right after "Video Killed the Radio Star"

"Free" TV was riddled with ads, sometimes overlaying the show you were watching. Cable was the worse, with ads AND you had to pay. Streaming is cheaper than cable unless you want to pay for all streaming services, and adding internet costs to the equation is dumb, you have internet anyway. Even if I were to have full Netflix+Prime+Paramount+Disney I would still pay less than the cheaper cable available, and internet? never had to improve my internet to watch streaming 24/7. Everybody says Streaming is going down for years, but only Disney is going down so far. Prime is so-so (good shows are behind a second paywall), and Netfilx is great. No complains.

I tried watching cable tv at a hotel a few weeks ago. Holy hell the ads are so loud and obnoxious and they show the same 5 commercials over and over again. I don’t remember cable being that bad when I was a kid or if comcast allows it while my old providers didn’t/normalized audio. Sometimes I couldn’t tell if we were watching the commercial or content unti a price showed up or something. If cable tv is allowed to ear rape me I don’t want it.

I'm gen z(early 2000s kid) and I sail the seas all the time. My dad was the one who showed me the ways.

It is simple economics. Best Buy offers external hard drives for as little as $15.50/Terabyte. An HD film is about 2 GB, so you can store the film for about 3 cents. If your internet connection has surplus bandwidth allowance, it doesn't cost extra to use it for downloading. Compared to monthly subscriptions, you would have to watch a whole lot of TV and movies to match that price. There are also no ads and you can keep your collection as long as you want.

I’m Gen Z and we are DEFINITELY sailing. Trust me. We are the brokest generation on the planet. We have no other option. But also, we aren’t big on Movies and mainstream media, most of the content we consume is on social media.

You can sit down with the kid, explain the entire process, and they will still look at you like you're crazy because that's "too much work" and they're lazy. Most of them don't own anything other than a phone anyways. If they can't tap a button and get what they want within 2 seconds, they won't do it. They don't have a chance sailing the seas. Saving 2 dollars isn't worth the time going through all the _torrent_ of information and processes to sail.

I can stream anything from Romania , 1 day after they appear on any streaming services in US. I'm lucky and i don't know how long is gonna last , but i never payed any subscriptions in my life , i live in Chicago now ..!!

open source software and retro tech ftw!

Totally agree. 👍

Coca Cola is horrible

Studios and content distributors did so due to shrinking profits from cord cutting. The internet/streaming blew up the cable TV business model, and you witnessed the knee jerk reaction to it. The music industry suffered a similar fate a couple decades ago.

Or maybe they just didn't want Netflix having a monopoly? You know that bad thing when a single company owns everything? Or is it suddenly good now?

Get UKposts Vanced or Revanced. For free. I use it for 3 years already. No ads on UKposts whatsoever. For free.

If you know 3+ people who would be interested, I recommend splitting the cost of family UKposts Premium. I pay $5 or less a month for no ads and free music streaming 👌

Cancelled a bunch of streaming I rarely watch and finally decided to pay for UKposts which I watch everyday.

Installing uBlock Origin takes less time than putting on clothes to go outside.

LMAO, it is an ultimate act of whiny cluelessness to say "Ads have destroyed everything". You experienced a unique brief period where ads were minimized due to a lot of speculative money floating around streaming services. That golden era is over, you're lucky it ever happened at all, so you may as well quit crying about it.

High interest rate environment means hedge funds can't keep pumping free money into companies that don't actually make a profit. This business model of rapid growth being their only plan was doomed from the start. We never should have gotten what we did and now those companies are feeling the brunt of training the customer base to expect what we had. Don't be sad that it's over, just be glad that it happened. Digital storage space is cheaper than ever before, so best strategy would be to just hoard copies of physical media on a cheap NAS and be your own streaming service

The difference being. When netflix originally started. They hosted content that was made by just about every big mainstream studio or publisher. You paid a your sub fee and you had access to a lot of things. Then everyone started pulling their content off netflix so they could host it on their own streaming platforms and the whole idea of paying for multiple streaming platforms wasnt something that was ever going to last in this day and age so under that premise alone the bubble was going to burst. Now you pay for a service and you still get ads... so why bother paying?

Remember when Netflix was going to spin off it's streaming, and they lost like 30% of their subscription base. Whoops. 😂

​@@Rose.Of.Hizakimost companies had no understanding of streaming. They just sold the license to their programming. Also, Netflix originally just gave streaming away for free. Sure, it wasn't the curated library it is today, but it was free, and you needed a decent internet connection to run it

@@dgrblue4162 It wasnt free. You still needed to pay $5.99 to access it. That $5.99 was for their DVD subscription business. So streaming was included as part of the package when it became available. And as you said... Needed a good internet connection to run it.

how many of those discs have unskippable ads at the beginning?

@@joelfaceNone. I have a huge amount of physical media, too. It takes 3 seconds to skip past any promos with the chapter advance button.

My parents have an entire closet in their basement that's full of dvds and vhs tapes

All physical media forms do have a lifespan though. It'd be wise to back up that physical media on a hard drive, or some kind of cloud storage.

Your point is weak tho, as building a 4k blu-ray collection in itself cost 10X more than paying 12 bucks a month for Netflix... I mean one blu-ray is 30$, so of course you can go the i'm rich and can buy every movie route. But it remains fairly limited (you probably only have like max 300 movies to choose from compared to catalogues of thousand of things), and is super expensive.

They will happen like this because execs now have a button that says "more money" then can press anytime. Since shareholders demand growth every single quarter, that's either got to come from (1) lower costs, (2) more subscribers, or (3) increased prices. Given that option (2) has started stalling, they're gonna hit (1) and (3) now to hit their quarterly targets.

The difference between the first two and the latter is that the same company owns both platforms so merging the two services makes financial sense. The latter is a way for both companies to get a larger consolidated user base just to be competitive. Disney owns Hulu and Discovery now owns WB so they are trying to reduce overhead to stop hemorrhaging subscribers and money.

@@jokingtigerin other words they are consolidating.

@@BMar1andonlyTechnically yes, but two streaming providers under the same corporate umbrella coming together means basically nothing for us consumers. The one you mentioned that could be interesting is Peacock and Paramount Plus coming together. That could really start the ball rolling towards something that looks like Netmaxhuluparacock Prime +

i have found that the "garbage" is the most watched things. It is all a matter of taste. But in general , I can find something worthwhile.

@@donny1960 truth

Totally. Cultural stagnation.

@@iRelevant.47.blacklisted Just seems that part of the audience is stagnated. There is great content out there. Just have to have the ability to appreciate it.

Yep, went to cable long ago because it was ad free. It will never end.

That’s not really true. There are a lot of costs that the streaming providers incur, so obviously they need to make a profit to stay in business. Also, the content that the present needs to be licensed, and the content providers keep raising their rates. That’s why you periodically see notices from your streaming provider about a channel that may disappear from the service if they cannot negotiate a new deal. Content costs money to produce.

@@RbNetEngrBut how much though? And how is that money split up? I see all these people like content creator of this video shilling for big corporations needing money when the truth is that they are raking in profits and paying out millions to their shareholders ceos and so on. Ramping up prices for no reason is a very well known tactic. If advertisers, content producers, content providers and hell even actors can get away with it they will just say it costs more when it really doesn’t more, they are just spending more on unnecessary things and more on people who think they are entitlement to be richer than rich. Bottom line, It’s quite easy. Where I live, I am currently paying for netflix, hulu, prime, disney plus and apple tv plus and they all have great content that I support with about 10 to 15 dollars per month which cost me shy of 60 dollars per month all in all. That is acceptable for the quality and quantity of content. However if the start jacking up prices more, removing features, bringing in ads, I will just cancel and start torrenting again. It is that easy. VPNs are cheap and internet is fast and doesn’t have any restrictions on how much you download where I live.

@@RbNetEngr FINALLY, someone can see the big picture. Yes, streaming has costs too, and they aren't giving you the service for free. Also, as consumers leave a specific streaming service, that service's income goes down, but their costs don't, so the remaining users may get a price increase to cover the costs the service still incurs.

@@RbNetEngr I don't think @TheFeist77 is talking about streaming or even cable. Originally you bought a tv and an antenna and picked up just a handful of tv stations for free, with commercials that paid for it. And that was absolutely true.

Right!!! A lot of things take longer now

How that 40$ per BR movie goes for ya?🤣🤣🤣🐑🐑🐑 Go Mark you really showed em 🤦‍♂️🤣

I’ve some good results with a few streaming platforms where 4K actually looks decent. Netflix seems to be the worst offender though.

if you are buying a limited edition steel book maybe. which im not... dont pretend like that arent any other options...@@nelinjo

streaming has certainly got a lot better. its not just about how it looks though, the sound is the biggest improvement. but compare it side to side and the picture is a lot less, especially the colours. the streaming platforms dont have any specific settings like your player does too. the picture is so smooth, you really notice the difference when you go back to streaming. for many people its fine, some watch stuff through their tiny TV speakers, but for proper movie lovers, they spend a lot of money on their set up, its their passion. would be a waste to spend all that and to watch very low compressed streaming. dont forget a 4k disc can hold up to 100 GB on it. even an old music CD is way more superior to music streaming apps. @@zeroturn7091

@@nelinjo He could be just pirating the movies and burning them onto his BD-Rs, you never know...

hmm. but. if you don't / can't have an antenna ... cable is a must if you want access to local channels, sports... and if you're visually challenged and used to a Simple channel guide ... those I've seen on streaming services are not not. user-friendly IMHO ... graphics are too darn Small. .. I need a guide I can See, anyone hava suggestion? .and.. dis guy's just droning on and on... not impressive ...

Right I was watching and saw an ad and was like am I on prime? After they already raised the price!!

​@kc9kel On Sony TVs there is a channel guide that covers cable but also streaming channels.

The second they added the "pay to get rid of commercials, and ALL shows will have commercials now" a few months ago, I called Amazon and CANCELLED the app. I kept Prime, but since I no longer do the app, they refunded me $80 of the $140 Prime bill.

Amazon's content is a shadow of its former self. It's massively declined.

If you are at all selective about the kinds of shows you watch, there aren't that many choices.

Yeah I agree with your sentiment about the quality of shows these days. It just feels like shows are now trying to be super dramatic and serialized. I miss shows like The Twilight Zone or Simpsons, which focused more on the actual writing and ideas rather than trying to create a long-running serialized story that's been done through and over at this point.

greed? what greed, did u watch the video? he said they are not even making money!

@@sumomaster5585 They're all owned by major corporations that are, in fact, making boatloads of money.

@@joelface I'm not here to defend billionaire corps, but common sense dictates you wouldn't run a unit that's always losing you money now would you?

@@sumomaster5585 you’re right. But I suspect that it’s more about wanting continual “growth” rather than simply preventing losing money. They need to constantly prove to investors that they should keep investing with them, so they need to try to show that they’ll keep increasing in value. It leads to a business model that gets less and less affordable over time.

Modern mainstream media bad, Video Games on SNES good!

I had cable for a couple of years in the early 90s before dumping it. Where I lived in London UK the original model as you choose individual channels you want, and paid $1-2 per channel/month. After a couple of years they started "packaging" channels, so to the the ones I wanted I had to also get 2-4 others I didn't want. That meant to get the channels I wanted I'd be paying 3-4x as much - so I dumped cable. With the money I saved I was able to rent or buy DvDs, and still have my collection of DvDs that started back then.

@@ziploc2000 I have quite the DVD collection myself, somewhere around 600 individual disks. I have now consolidated them out of their packaging and into two binders which I watch on occasion. I do have more than a few streaming platforms, though, so I may have ultimately traded one problem for another.

I quit tv after 2011, also quitted following football at the same time, two of the best decisitions I have made. All of the time wasted in both activities (I didnt even played football, so it even wasnt something that represented me). The only exception I made was when someone was watching early Simpsons chapters, that were still transmited here in early 2010's

Yup, I ditched cable about that time as well, at first I thought it would be difficult to do without, but I found alternatives and, I haven't missed it.

@@wendyash6915 A quick and dirty count suggests I have 1,000-1,500 DvD cases, many of which have multiple disks - e.g. the boxed sets of Aliens, Resident Evil, Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, Buffy etc. 😁 I have bought 7 movies on Amazon Prime, one of which I also have on DvD so no idea why I bought it twice. The rest were not available on DvD at the time.

I still miss kickass website Used to pirate a lot, steam has definitely changed me, I'm glad steam is still pro consumer

Back then the content on network TV was of much higher quality - not the endless junk available today. Not to mention the talent.

Yes. During the pandemic.

I don't understand. At a cost of, let's say, ten dollars per DVD you would have paid at least 45,000 dollars over the last four years. Streaming would have been significantly cheaper.

@@squishybrain DVDs are NOT that expensive. You can easily find large packs of DVDs at thrift stores (physical or online) for like 20 dollars, and I don't even think a lot of DVDs are that expensive at grocery stores (BluRays would). But even without that, the access to content matters the most, not necessarily the price.

Those streaming sites do contain ads when you click on play tho….. but after some pop ups you’re good to go.

@@bodigamesIt depnds how good your Ad-Blockers are

Unless you're looking for sports, good pirates don't use streaming websites 😉

@@philippelarabie9871 Aside from the occasional UKposts video, my typical viewing habits are strictly on the TV.

You can pay for prime video on its own

@mattjacksonfirejackson1 True, but then no shipping. Even so, it's the price of Prime Video plus the $3.00 charge for no ads as opposed to the price of Prime Video with ads or without ads.

@philippelarabie9871 Cool. I've always wanted to try that, but my current living situation doesn't accommodate something like that.

Not defending but when you say $150 and very few benefits you have no idea of the true shipping cost. If your ordering stuff weekly or in a lot of people’s cases daily your by far surpassing that $150 within a month or 2

Not the first time I’ve heard the Greg Proops thing. Not sure I hear it!!?? But clearly some folks do!

100%

I use apple tv exclusively because of this as well

That sounds good to me but don’t understand. Wouldn’t the Apple TV be Online?

@@vroom6490Apple TV is online but it doesn't have ads and it doesn't give the information back to Samsung. I guess Apple is the one tracking, but compared to Samsung, I trust them more.

@@vroom6490They don’t collect your data the same way or at all.

I agree with this completely. They say the cost of production went up. Yet the number of episodes per season aren't even half what they used to be and it often takes 2+ years to get new seasons. With that being said their costs are the same (probably lower) as before yet they want to bend us over with bullshit ads and higher sub prices!

I’d rather watch limited series these days - as you can’t be sure that multi season mini series won’t end up being cancelled before the story is completed.

Maybe to them is not appalling. Ever think of that? You are not bound to watch anything. Don't blame those that enjoy what they get. There is no obligation what so ever to try and appease you.

@@donny1960 That is a terrible argument. Some people may enjoy literal dog poop instead of the food they paid for. Should the rest of us set our standards so low because they enjoy something dreadful?

@@matbroomfield You negate your own argument. You enter the conversation as if you and only you know the difference about everything. "Standards" in tastes and gaming experience is relative. This debate is long over. Somehow Civilization survived some people disliking a computer game. It was close but we pulled through. Do or don't buy or play or even acknowledge the existence of whatever you want. Those that do....do. Those that do not....... Whine about it.

@@donny1960 Taste in gaming may vary, (and I think the word you were looking for is "subjective" not "relative", but there are broad consensuses about what makes a good game, otherwise reviews would be pointless, and bad games would never bomb. "Those that do....do. Those that do not....... Whine about it." That really is a quite spectacularly flaccid line of reasoning. By this, anyone who is unsatisfied with anything is a whiner, and anyone who accepts garbage, is a doer. Can you genuinely not see anything wrong with that line of reasoning?