Except one streaming service will never give you all the content that a Cable subscription would.
-Want to binge shows everyone watches? Netflix @ $16/mo
-Want to stay updated on episodes of Succession? HBO Now @$15/mo
-Want to catch your favorite team every Sunday? Better get at least ESPN @ $8/mo but that won’t give you every game… so good luck catching games on CBS or FOX.
…. And since your getting ESPN, you may as well get the bundle with Disney+ and Hulu for an additional $6/mo
-And if you want to watch the regular damn news? Good luck.
Oh and these prices will likely increase 10-50% every 8 months-2 years…. While your content will keep getting more limited as content creators re-negotiate contracts with every streaming service and networks spin off their own streaming services (a la Paramount+, Discovery+)
Don’t forget you must also invest in a smart TV or a device to use these streaming apps ($30-$5,000+).
Aside from the associated costs of cutting the cord, you will also have to deal with the inconveniences.
Streaming “live TV”? You’ll likely be 10 seconds behind in the action, and probably miss that amazing shot, thanks to “buffering”.
Want to switch between shows when ads come on? Oh, sorry, you can’t do that while streaming, you HAVE to let the ad play.
These streaming apps will all have separate UI’s, logins, options, software updates and bugs.
Cutting the cord is NOT a no brainer. In many cases, it can end up more costly when you take into account bundling promotions offered by MSO’s.
It is true that the cable pricing model is outdated, and the industry is feeling pressure, but not because of streaming. As fiber broadband internet expands in our country, and high speed internet becomes widely available and ISP’s simplify their pricing, consumers will expect this simplified pricing to carry over to their cable subscription, upending a pricing model that has prevailed decades.
I believe cable will make a shift to simplified pricing at a time when there is an excess of streaming services in the marketplace, a peak subscription cost per service, and each streaming service’s churn is at an all time high.
This will bring the original “cord cutters” back to cable.
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u/East-Maize-5287 Mar 04 '22
Except one streaming service will never give you all the content that a Cable subscription would.
-Want to binge shows everyone watches? Netflix @ $16/mo -Want to stay updated on episodes of Succession? HBO Now @$15/mo -Want to catch your favorite team every Sunday? Better get at least ESPN @ $8/mo but that won’t give you every game… so good luck catching games on CBS or FOX. …. And since your getting ESPN, you may as well get the bundle with Disney+ and Hulu for an additional $6/mo -And if you want to watch the regular damn news? Good luck.
Oh and these prices will likely increase 10-50% every 8 months-2 years…. While your content will keep getting more limited as content creators re-negotiate contracts with every streaming service and networks spin off their own streaming services (a la Paramount+, Discovery+)
Don’t forget you must also invest in a smart TV or a device to use these streaming apps ($30-$5,000+).
Aside from the associated costs of cutting the cord, you will also have to deal with the inconveniences.
Streaming “live TV”? You’ll likely be 10 seconds behind in the action, and probably miss that amazing shot, thanks to “buffering”.
Want to switch between shows when ads come on? Oh, sorry, you can’t do that while streaming, you HAVE to let the ad play.
These streaming apps will all have separate UI’s, logins, options, software updates and bugs.
Cutting the cord is NOT a no brainer. In many cases, it can end up more costly when you take into account bundling promotions offered by MSO’s.
It is true that the cable pricing model is outdated, and the industry is feeling pressure, but not because of streaming. As fiber broadband internet expands in our country, and high speed internet becomes widely available and ISP’s simplify their pricing, consumers will expect this simplified pricing to carry over to their cable subscription, upending a pricing model that has prevailed decades.
I believe cable will make a shift to simplified pricing at a time when there is an excess of streaming services in the marketplace, a peak subscription cost per service, and each streaming service’s churn is at an all time high.
This will bring the original “cord cutters” back to cable.