pjknibbs wrote: ↑Fri, 15. Feb 19, 18:59
I have Amazon Prime and Netflix. I am not going to buy any other streaming service, so Disney, you can eff right off--if I care enough about your content to watch it, I'll get it on DVD.
I hear/read ya, brother...
But, have they reached market saturation with the number of streaming services, yet? Probably not. BUT, there's only so many streaming services people are going to sign up for. I'm sure they're all competing and jealously guarding their IPs, but where's the syndication rights? Nowhere, of course. They know there's too many choices and they'd all love putting a competitor "out of business." As if... Netflix hasn't had positive cash-flow yet. "Business?" lolz.. Amazon could serve up ten-tons of crap an hour and it's never going to go broke. Hulu? It's off in the corner, somewhere, trying on a furry suit. Youtube? Yeah... no.
And, here I am staring at my channel lineup on friggin cable and I've got seventy-eleven "HBO" channels and there ain't crap on. "Hey, look, we got the remake of "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang" and it's not the porno one!" Yip...
I get Cinemax, too, and a bunch of other movie channels. I specifically told them I did not want Cinemax. I said, specifically, "NO SKINIMAX." "No." "I don't want Cinemax." NO! Aaaand, I have Cinemax. Guess why?
So, I go up to the cable office to hit someone in the head with a brick. I forgot the brick, though, so I figured I'd just scream at them over the counter. There wasn't a counter, it was one of those stoopid friggin "Open Office We're Almost Like An Apple Store" friggin "Your friendly neighborhood we're-consolidating-customer-service-expenses shops." I dunno if you guys have them or not. If you walk in and it smells like BS ground into new carpet and there's a tone of uncomfortable white furniture in it, you have them too."
So, Johnny Ballshaven 'Tdroppedyet (He must be European) gets my "number." Yeah, you gotta take a number. Only, it's not a "number." There's a dumbass little ipad at the entrance and you have to put your name in there. Then, it dings up on an overhead screen to let you know how long you're going to have to wait for no service... Yeah, everyone can see your name, too.
So, after twenty minutes of jabbering with Johnny, He tells me this:
"People in the billing department routinely change your lineup choices so you will get the best rates. Since getting a package including Cinemax got you your best rate for this month, you got Cinemax. Isn't that great that we're looking out for our loyal customers by ensuring they always get the best rates?"
"So... How long am I going to have Cinemax? And, is that wtf happened to that other channel I used to watch, but can't get it anymore?"
"I don't know and I couldn't find out even if I wanted to. Would you like to speak to someone else?"
Holy crap, now i know why people firebomb friggin' buildings... :/
What am I watching that's got me so verbose and ticked off? The friggin' news. I got fifty-eleven friggin' channels of artistically inspired crap programming and all i ever watch is the friggin' news.
I'm going to go to the DVD store and buy a series of something, I don't give a crap what it is, at least I'll OWN THE DARN THING!
(Which is why I posted this - I like "owning" a series. I like not having to be tied down to some crappy cable streaming box or membership or stoopid crap. I like owning movies, too, for the same reason.)