We've slowly come full circle, back to the age of cable TV.
Instead of paying for a bunch of channels we don't need we're paying for a bunch of shows we'll never watch.
TV shows should be released via RSS and a subscription is per-show for like $2 month. Then everyone can just have a single app with just the shows they want.
2015 - 2018 was glorious. Netflix, Hulu, and HBO GO covered about 95% of my needs. Barely pirated anything.
so CBS and NBC when their powers combine for ultimate shittyness
Paramount is desperate to enshittify.
SkyShowtime seems to be a pilot version of this in Eastern Europe and the Netherlands. Not that it seems to be doing all that well. However, I’m not sure what Peacock offers that’s original content so it’s questionable what a bundle would add.
In any event, this seems a daft thing to do when they’re trying to sell the firm. One of the biggest problems Paramount+ has had is that it doesn’t stick with a strategy and has been so tangled up in previous licensing or partnership deals that it can’t pursue its plans in any reasonable or systematic way. Tying the hands of a new owner with a poison pill deal with Comcast doesn’t seem to benefit anyone.
I suppose it could make sense if they're looking to break up the company and keep the streamer.
It does seem like bundling might be the new strategy for the non-Netflix, non-Disney players.
Paramount and Comcast want more people pirating shows
Yet another service that I will never pay for. I'll just keep sailing thank you very much.
As if Paramount+ wasn't shitty enough.
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