We’ve all blinked and watched our bills increase asstreaming servicescontinue to up their prices month after month.Netflixis at the forefront of these changes, but other popular platforms such as Disney Plus and Hulu are following suit.
Despite this, a new report from The New York Timessuggeststhat we could soon be paying even more for even more – in the worst way.
During interviews with various CEO and chairmen of the biggest platforms around, they all agreed that prices will continue to increase, but so will the number of adverts we see duringnew moviesandTV shows.
However, the reaction to the report doesn’t quite reflect the same feeling.
“At this point, I no longer have a ‘dedicated’ streaming service,” one fanpostedon Reddit. “None of the ones have a big enough library to keep me interested. So I just subscribe to one until I finish 1-2 shows, cancel, and move on.”
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“Yeah, we all saw this coming. I will sail the high seas again if I have to. I don’t want to watch ads. Half of them are scams these days anyways,” a third added.
Although whether streaming services will stay the course is a more complex debate, the models seem to be moving towards a more traditional cable format, but they still have a high turnover of shows and movies getting axed.
“I think there’s also a lot to be said about the current state of production that keeps people watching their favorite comfort series instead of new content,” another fan mused.
“Pretty much any show on a streaming service runs the high risk of getting cut and those that do survive have obscenely long production times between each season for less than 10 episodes a season.
“I totally get that quality takes time but combining that with the reputation for canceling leads to a lot of hesitant watching.”
If you’re still sticking with streaming, you can findnew movies streamingand newTV shows streamingon all available platforms.
Jasmine Valentine is a TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She’s the go-to source for all things Young Sheldon and Virgin River. Jasmine has also written for the likes of Total Film, The Daily Beast, and Radio Times. You can contact her at jasmine.waters@dexerto.com
