But Is It on Netflix? - Streaming Video Service Thread: Hulu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+, Peacock, YouTube TV, AT+T Watch, Philo, Playstation Vue, HBO Max, HBO Now, Facebook Live and many more

The way I break this down in my head right now is

Netflix = original content
Amazon Prime = movies (maybe some original too)
Hulu = TV shows
Disney+ = Marvel/Disney/Star Wars

My biggest concern is that the Disney+ stuff and movie stuff both used to fall under the Netflix umbrella. So is Netflix still worth it?

I would drop Netflix in a hot second if my wife didn't want it. I'd drop everything but Criterion Channel, for that matter.

I got rid of amazon prime earlier so am satisfied with just netflix but was considering trying something else for a short period of time. Maybe I will do the hulu/disney thing and then go back to netflix. I just saw that you can no longer put your netflix account on hold but you can cancel and restart within 10 months to keep your account data.

Netflix is pretty easy to drop once you figure out that 99% of their original content is passable at best and that their good movies tend to get Oscar-qualification theatrical runs.

I could probably take or leave Netflix, but I have hundreds of things in my queue, so it's hardly a good content desert.

Netflix works well for me because I like the mediocre original content (it's what I put on while exercising since I don't have to pay too much attention). I haven't been to the movie theater in ages. I got really turned off about it when I saw a bunch of bugs on the walls at one of the theaters in midtown nyc. Plus it's at least $17 for a regular ticket now.

Netflix is pretty easy to drop once you figure out that 99% of their original content is passable at best and that their good movies tend to get Oscar-qualification theatrical runs.

― Simon H., Saturday, November 16, 2019 10:48 AM (one hour ago

while I appreciate the snobbery of this post, the function of netflix is moderately engaging media to watch at home when you don't feel like leaving the house.

like, y'know the function that television has had for the past 60 or so years?

Also, doesn't netflix have the largest amount of streaming selection available (minus sports or kids/marvel stuff)? I don't keep up with these things, maybe something else has overtaken it.

Having the largest amount of stuff is not a positive if 99% of the stuff is bad, because it dilutes the good stuff

like, y'know the function that television has had for the past 60 or so years?

I can appreciate this but there's gotta be a cheaper way to pipe ignorable background content into yr home

The selection of movies on Netflix has really gone downhill over time, and the loss of marvel and star wars stuff annoys me. But I do enjoy lots of their original shows. The Dark Crystal series has been blowing my mind lately.

I enjoy most of the stuff on there and I pretty much want to pay for only one streaming service at a time. Like, it's my primary/only tv.

also, outside of the US you do get first run movies and things like The Good Place or Better Call Saul in with only a day delay from air.

I guess I should add the caveat that I only ever used it in Canada where it seems to be worse/more limited in every possible respect

if you use a vpn you can watch other programming.

Only select VPNs, apparently. They're getting better at blocking them.

I haven't had any issues (I just logged into the US netflix and redid some of my list) but I guess luck?

netflix movie selection has DEFINITELY declined. amazon, sad to say, is the only one of the "non-snob" services that consistently has some kinda cool movies one could be curious about, tho often these will turn out to be transfers from late 80s pan-n-scan VHS releases, complete with the logo of some forgotten, perky little company

I can appreciate this but there's gotta be a cheaper way to pipe ignorable background content into yr home

Pluto has about 200 channels streaming free plus stuff on-demand

NHK World is free worldwide and has some pretty awesome documentaries about japan and Asia in general. There was a really interesting one about Chinese internet influencers and everyone should really try and catch the Duck Master at some point.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/lens/441_28.html

It’s the standard background free to air, ad free content in our house.

Nice, just added that to the lineup, thanks Ed.

didn't know about Pluto,, that seems moderately worthwhile

Are Studio Ghibli films in Disney+?

No, they’ll be on HBO Max

What a bummer, I thought Disney had them.

Bit the bullet on Disney today. I figured, you know, I've got two kids, two girls, who love that shit, even as they get older, so might as well let them at their favorite Disney stuff. I got the bundle with Hulu and ESPN, the latter of which I didn't want but at least gets me all the 30 by 30 episodes (which are excellent) and the former gets me all sorts of surprising stuff (it's where I watched "Shoplifters" the other day).

it’s 30 FOR 30, gawd

shut up and take my money

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— Disney Prime Video (@GetDisneyPrime) November 17, 2019

irl shameful lol at Louis CK

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— Disney Prime Video (@GetDisneyPrime) November 8, 2019

<blockquote>I think there's an opportunity to create a service that just buys one or two services per month and rotates between them so you can binge all of that service's stuff and move on.</blockquote>

That's what I've been doing on my own for the past year or so. I rotate one at a time for a month each. Right now I've got Criterion. In two weeks, I'll cancel it and get Prime for a month (in time to also use free shipping over Christmas.) After that maybe I'll go with Netflix for a month. Or maybe a free trial from someplace else.

It's been working out well. After not having Criterion since around May, I've watched about 25 movies over the past two weeks. In another two weeks I'll be getting tired of classic cinema and ready to catch up on my Prime watchlist. Back when I carried annual subscriptions to Netflix, Prime, Filmstruck, etc. months would go by where I hardly used one or the other. I hated the waste and facing the "tyranny of choice". Paying by the month, I'm spending far less overall and getting more bang for it.

It hasn't been hard managing this myself. I always enter a reminder on my phone of the date to cancel a subscription before it auto-renews. With most of them, you can cancel in advance, and keep watching until your month is up.

You know the most messed up thing about this streaming service Balkanization? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but none of these services are streaming "Die Hard!" What's up with that?!! 'Tis the season!

the Disney-Fox merger and film/TV production/exhibition hegemony in general

Disney+ users have been hacked.

The hackers have stolen thousands of customer accounts, days after the launch of the service, and are selling the accounts on the dark web.https://t.co/KLXM86WluJ

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) November 19, 2019

netflix movie selection has DEFINITELY declined. amazon, sad to say, is the only one of the "non-snob" services that consistently has some kinda cool movies one could be curious about, tho often these will turn out to be transfers from late 80s pan-n-scan VHS releases, complete with the logo of some forgotten, perky little company

― weird ilx but sb (Doctor Casino), Saturday, November 16, 2019 5:00 PM bookmarkflaglink

the major advantage that appealed to me about Amazon's video collection = kung fu movies. Amazon had a ridiculous amount of classic ones streaming free a few months ago. was practically getting through two a day.

Netflix has some, but not as many

that disney plus hack seems like kind of a big deal? first i've heard of it.

of course the day I joined it

'the dark web' lol, selling them on reddit for <$3/account. bitcoin only of course

my netflix details got sold to someone in Germany 4 years ago, but the idiot violated the cardinal rule "don't change the accountholder's password", so I found out about it almost immediately

My much more obsessive teenager, who had been hounding me about Disney, just realized that I had activated the service. (My younger daughter, who is more into musicals, has been busier singing in actual musicals, so hasn't noticed yet, but I'm going to tell her when she has a friend over Friday). Anyway, the first thing my older teen gravitated tower is "Phineas & Ferb," which I totally forgot was a Disney property. That show is so great, and I love that it's not Marvel or Star Wars or even Disney/Pixar she wants but Phineas and Ferb. That and "High School Musical, The Musical, The Series," which is the real title.

lol The first episode she watched was the one where the mad scientist devises a ray that makes people see aliens so he can pretend to be king of the aliens and take over city hall, but when he does so he gets lost in the weeds arguing about 401k plans and medical benefits.

dang, high school musical branching out!

Yes, into ... musicals.

It sounds like something from BoJack

to be clear, just in case, that's the description of the Ferb episode, though I wish that is what High School Musical was about. Though it might work for Riverdale.

Phineas and Ferb rules. If Wander Over Yonder is on D+, your kids will love it.

I don't know that one, but the fact that it is literally a Disney show but not on Disney+ - and in fact I came across a petition to get in on Disney+ - is another thing to slot in the "Disney sucks" column.

I have no doubt they're going to be rotating out their content. Vaulting it, if you will.

What's the point of having their own channel then?