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| ▲ | bee_rider 8 months ago | parent | next [-] |
| That would be nice, but I think it is just a licensing issue and the companies that hold the licenses don’t have any incentive to try and simplify things—they’d prefer we subscribe to every service and then watch, like, one show on each. |
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| ▲ | bjelkeman-again 8 months ago | parent [-] | | It would be interesting to see data on this. How many people subscribe to multiple streaming services, vs the opportunity to license the content to an aggregator and sell to those that miss a lot of content because, like me they don’t want multiple services. I refuse to subscribe to all the services that have the content I want to watch: Netflix, Apple, Prime, HBO Max, Discovery… the high seas become an inconvenient option at this point. | | |
| ▲ | andreasmetsala 8 months ago | parent | next [-] | | > vs the opportunity to license the content to an aggregator Isn’t this what Netflix used to be | | |
| ▲ | sgerenser 8 months ago | parent [-] | | Exactly. And the whole reason all these other services popped up is the IP holders realized they could make a lot more money with their own service vs licensing to an aggregator. I think it worked out pretty well for Disney+, because they have a huge back catalog of very popular IP. Not sure if anyone else is really making money with this new model, but they still don’t want to go back to ceding all control to Netflix. |
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| ▲ | bee_rider 8 months ago | parent | prev [-] | | I agree (and would also like to see that sort of info if it existed). But, I’m pretty sure the same folks who were in charge of cable when it became insufferable are now in charge of streaming. So, less-annoying business models… I’m not hopeful. |
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| ▲ | diamondage 8 months ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Account pooling? Sign up to a pool that distributes your account to others when not being used, in return gives access to multiple streaming platforms on demand... |
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| ▲ | wavemode 8 months ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Amazon Prime Video is already this. You can subscribe to Max, Peacock, Crunchyroll, etc. from within the Prime Video app, and watch content normally exclusive to those services. |
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| ▲ | nottorp 8 months ago | parent | prev [-] |
| We could go back to the olden days when everything was on Netflix instead :) |
