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slightlv

(7,955 posts)
7. I hear you echoing my frustration
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 01:07 PM
Aug 2021

Nickel and diming is correct, but some of them go even beyond that. Nickel and Diming is me wanting the Discovery at 4.99... others are 20 and 30+... like Netflix and Prime. Those are the two I have. I get HBOMax because we get HBO on TV. I refuse to give any more money to any more streaming services simply because of the breakout of one or two shows that might be good on a "new" streaming channel.

I'd say just wait and the smaller ones will eventually either drop out or merge with larger ones. Except, this course started differently than any other new idea. Usually you start out with small and they merge with large until one or two venues have the whole shebang.

With streaming (not counting YouTube), we started out with the two biggies -- Netflix and Prime. NOW we're getting the little 5.00 here, 10 bucks there. And I'm not sure how it's gonna shake out in the end. Does it follow the established format of little being merged with the big? Or are we going to see some completely different paradigm manifest?

I'd like to figure it out so I can wait it out a little more patiently. I'm adult enough to get past any need for instant gratification, but it helps to have an idea how it'll all end up eventually.

Any other ideas out there?

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