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Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:51 am Lost Paramount stations (CBS, Comedy Central, etc.) amid negotiations.

Better get it back before March Madness.

Sounds like they're adding other viewing options like Prime does.

I like adding them, but I don't like them being mixed in with your already paid content.

Leisher wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:32 pm Sounds like they're adding other viewing options like Prime does.

I like adding them, but I don't like them being mixed in with your already paid content.

I find their existing efforts to sell me stuff annoying enough

It'd honestly be great if making $x billions in profit every quarter was enough, and they didn't need to find ways to make it $x.1 billions.

They're through the first wave of innovation. They know how to provide the service reliably, and now they're fighting amongst themselves for subscribers, and content. There's nowhere for them to go in he field of "we stream better."

The next step is to go in the other direction, raise prices, provide shittier service, to find that sweet spot between profit, and losing customers.

No Disney/ESPN/etc for now. Yaaaaaaaay college football weekend.

The local cable company here has simply said no to ESPN. They told their customers that they couldn't come to an agreement so they completely dropped them.

My dad told me today that he needs help moving to a streaming service.

With Disney+ having started the year hemorrhaging users, but about to merge with Hulu...what if Disney said, "Fuck it this is the only place you can get ESPN"?

Leisher wrote: ↑Sat Nov 01, 2025 7:46 pm With Disney+ having started the year hemorrhaging users, but about to merge with Hulu...what if Disney said, "Fuck it this is the only place you can get ESPN"?

That's the prevailing theory on why they're being hard assess. Trying to get people to Hulu/ESPN this way