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With the simultaneous rollout of restrictions on account sharing and price increases/addition of advertising, I’m cutting back severely on streaming services.

I allowed my streaming subscriptions to grow without thinking about it. Without trying to remember the constant merging and bundling, I was subscribed to probably a dozen services at one point. They ranged from Netflix and HBO and Hulu to Shudder and Showtime. I had Paramount, Criterion, Disney, Peacock, and others. I’d do the typical thing where I’d search for a movie, find it is exclusive to a platform, and grab the free trial and forget to cancel. I excused it if I found a movie even every couple of months on it. There were still nights where it’d take an hour to find something I wanted to watch. I was probably closing in on $200/month all told, and I don’t have sports subscriptions.

I’m interested in learning what other people are doing regarding the price hikes and service compromises. Are you cancelling? Are you taking advantage of bundles with your internet services? Are you rotating on some interval? Or are you not changing at all?

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[–] overkill0485@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Only service I have is prime video, but its because I order frequently from Amazon. I use YouTube primarily and only my Plex server on movie nights with family

[–] Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Canceled my Netflix subscription a few months ago and I'm now using Kodi + Real Debrid. As of yet, I'm really happy with my decision.

[–] ext23@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Kodi with a Real Debrid subscription for me.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I never use these. My wife does though, so keeping them is her call.

[–] z2k_@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago

Cancelled my Netflix account when they announced the password sharing crackdown (even though I wasn't password sharing), and recently cancelled my Spotify family account when they increased the price.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I only have 1 (youtube) but on occasion i will subscribe to a service if there's a tv show i want to watch.

Currently watching pottery throw down on channel 4 but i can't purchase a subscription without a British card, so I'm watching with ads...

I don't use them.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I'm trying to get better about canceling services we don't actively watch and only having two at a time. We already have Prime so I don't count it but we have Max and Hulu right now. We swapped Disney+ for Hulu when What We Do In The Shadows released and my wife is an Our Flag Means Death stan so we will probably permanently have Max (but the new season comes out soon anyways).

[–] RickRussell_CA@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

RiffTrax Friends, The Gizmoplex, and Twitch Turbo give me everything I need.

[–] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Pretty much just have Spotify+Hulu, YouTube premium (should cancel Spotify maybe but I like seeing what songs get removed from my playlists rather than them just disappearing), Amazon prime, and Disney+. Thinking about cancelling Disney+ soon but I want to see Loki s2 still.

[–] gilbert31@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

The only subscription that I have left is Spotify. I used to have Netflix as well before the explosion of streaming services started, when it made sense because it was convenient to have immediate access to almost all content. Now that every show is in a different service, I decided to go back to torrents with Stremio.

[–] krush_groove@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I get a lot of value out of Netflix, I watch tons of their shows every month.

I use Prime quite a bit also obviously for Amazon shopping and try to watch Prime Video a few times each month, and now they've expanded the music I'll try that too.

I will be canceling Disney and just pirate what I want to see, which isn't much, literally just one show.

E: I canceled Spotify ages ago and use their free version but for my favorite bands I downloaded their MP3 discographies. I buy their music on CD because it pays them better than streaming their songs thousands of times, plus I buy merch and go to the concerts so I'm OK with that.

E2: someone mentioned Patreon, I cancelled most of those as well because my gaming group broke up and all my patreons are for gaming 3D files. I have years worth of stuff to print and will never reach the end.

[–] Diana@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Can you download netflix movies on laptop? We all know the downloaded movies on Netflix will expire after a certain period. At this time, we need powerful netflix downloader to save netflix movies on laptop permanently.

[–] quams69@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Canceled everything and now I use smarttube to watch youtube on my tv, soon will pay for vpn to start torrenting again. πŸ‘

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Eventually Netflix will kick me off the family account but there's no way I'm paying for that garbage. I might pay for Hulu as they have a much better selection for my tastes.

[–] joemo@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I'm not changing my habits, but I probably should. My girlfriend and family use the streaming services more than I do. If there's something I need to watch, there's always ways to watch it online. However it's easier for them to use the legit streaming services ha.

[–] sculd@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Cancelled everything except YouTube. I could afford them but I just don't like the direction they are going, especially Netflix.

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Not currently but I'm sure one of them will push me over the edge soon.

[–] JCPhoenix@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I cancelled my Planetside 2 subscription earlier this year after like 7yrs of being a member. But that's the only one so far. I still pay for Eve Online and FFXIV, along with all my other media subscriptions. I have Spotify (+ Hulu for free as some kinda bundle), Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and Netflix.

The only other one I've considered cancelling is Netflix. But I share my account for free with a co-worker. I know Netflix is supposed to be cracking down on password sharing, but so far, I haven't heard anything from Netflix chiding me. Interestingly, she used Netflix way more than me; I rarely use it, So it almost makes sense for me to cancel it and have her get her own account. But I like having Netflix available for when I do want to watch something. And WTH is $15/mo? If neither of us were using it, I'd be more likely to cancel. When Netflix comes knocking, then maybe I'll cancel it. But for now, it's NBD.

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