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This is so strange to me. I guess people enjoy being ripped off and getting less and less value for their money.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I've been cycling through them a few months at a time. When it gets harder and harder to find something interesting on, say, Netflix, I cancel and sign up for, say, HBO, then a few months later Disney+, rinse and repeat.

I refuse to pay for more than one at a time because I'm not watching more than one at a time. And when I go back to any of them after many months away, there will be new programmes in their catalogue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I used to do that but it's also frustrating, because when something new comes out, it's just random luck if I'm on the right streaming service to watch it. Otherwise I have to wait...

Wasn't this supposed to be as good or better than the video rental store, where they had everything in one place?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Blockbuster had new releases and a handful of classics. One store probably had .01% of the volume of titles on Netflix. If they even had that many.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

But now no one has all the new major releases, so in that regard it's a worse experience.

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