So, Disney + is going to start imbedding commercials…

What I can't fathom is why the entertainment industry gets a pass time and time again from consumers? Whether it's Disney, or Hulu, HBO Max, Netflix, or whoever it is, people don't seem to recognize the power they wield as paying customers. These services aren't necessities like utilities or groceries and people can just as easily cancel their subscriptions if the fees get to be too absurd.
The. Majority. Of. The. Herd. Doesn't. Care.
All they want is content.
Good, bad, doesn't matter.
Millions have the TV on in the background just to have something on. Millions more regularly watch content they don't even like.
The vast vast majority of the herd will live off crackers and cheeze whiz before they abandon television. Cable or streaming.
 
The. Majority. Of. The. Herd. Doesn't. Care.
All they want is content.
Good, bad, doesn't matter.
Millions have the TV on in the background just to have something on. Millions more regularly watch content they don't even like.
The vast vast majority of the herd will live off crackers and cheeze whiz before they abandon television. Cable or streaming.
That was the point we gave it all up, when we realized the only time we turned on the TV was to have Pawn Stars or something on in the background.
 
For years I've been trying to convince my wife to ditch cable and only keep internet service.
The only time I watch "traditional" TV is when there's a local event and the local news is covering it. Wild fires nearby? Local news is on it. And even that is something we don't need cable for anyway.
 
Streaming is a great convenience and it certainly has it's place, but there will come a point where the price just might not be worth it. Making shareholders happy is important for a company, but I think too many of them forget that customer service is equally important to their survival as a business. I think it's perfectly reasonable to take them to task if they raise rates or if their content sucks. You're paying for their service, which is by definition, discretionary. If that service is no longer meeting your needs, you go elsewhere.
Cost cutting is one of the reasons we started dumping services. Just can't keep up with it all. Heck, the only reason we still have Amazon is because of buying formula.

It's hilarious to me that with the deluge of content available to us, it can still take my wife and I almost an hour to find a something we'll want to watch together. This was a concern back in the days of cable, and the long standing joke was, "look, we have 150 channels and there's still nothing to watch." I guess some things never change.
We've gone back to the old, if we want to watch it, will buy it. Or maybe rent it once, and see if we like it. If we don't own it, it's probably not worth watching.
 
If Secret Invasion is good, I’ll wait until all episodes are up, buy a month, binge and get back out.
That's what I've been thinking too.
I'm pretty sure it won't take long before the month-to-month model will be abolished and a 12-month minimum model will be the only option.
If that's the case, I have a stack of books I've been wanting to read, and a couple of parks I've been wanting to walk. I'm well passed the age of needing to watch anything.
 
Reading some of the posts reminded me of an old quote from the late great Groucho Marx “Television is very educational.Every time someone turns on the set,I go into another room and read a book.”
A child asked his dad what he was doing,while typing away on the computer the dad replied to the child that he was interacting with people.They child replied back to his father, dad your sitting alone at a computer.
TV was once the babysitter for kid’s,now it appears to be a companion for all ages.To each their own.
 
That's what I've been thinking too.
I'm pretty sure it won't take long before the month-to-month model will be abolished and a 12-month minimum model will be the only option.
If that's the case, I have a stack of books I've been wanting to read, and a couple of parks I've been wanting to walk. I'm well passed the age of needing to watch anything.
For us, the calculus is a bit different. There's a TON of content our kid digs on D+, and while I gather I'm in the minority of commenters here, I've enjoyed all the Marvel and Star Wars shows, so I've gotten my money's worth from Disney. (Also I got it at a steep discount early on, then got an additional free year, so I'm still coasting on that.)
The. Majority. Of. The. Herd. Doesn't. Care.
All they want is content.
Good, bad, doesn't matter.
Millions have the TV on in the background just to have something on. Millions more regularly watch content they don't even like.
The vast vast majority of the herd will live off crackers and cheeze whiz before they abandon television. Cable or streaming.
Absolutely correct, and gets back to my point. The reason the services do this is because they can. They know there's a market for their stuff, and they know people will pay for it. And ultimately, that's fine. You wanna watch cheap? Cool, here's our ad-based service. You want the ads gone? No problem! Here's the ad-free service at an upcharge. Take your pick. They've likely priced out everything so that, either way, if you subscribe they make their money.

I doubt we'll see any anti-trust lawsuits come down the pike on this stuff either, given that there's enough channels out there that are each separately owned to be in competition with each other. And as long as they don't actually collude to fix prices, this just becomes "the going rate" for these kinds of services. That's how our economic system is ultimately supposed to work.
For years I've been trying to convince my wife to ditch cable and only keep internet service.
The only time I watch "traditional" TV is when there's a local event and the local news is covering it. Wild fires nearby? Local news is on it. And even that is something we don't need cable for anyway.

We cut the cable about a year ago. Realized we hadn't actually turned on the cable box in a year and a half, and watched everything streaming anyways. So, we cut the cord, kept internet, and now treat streaming services as a la carte options. If I like what I'm getting, I pay for it. If I stop liking it, I ditch it. I still end up watching and enjoying enough stuff on each service I have that I'm pretty satisfied, and it's not actually more than I was paying with crappy cable anyway, so I figure I'm getting my money's worth. Better still, I'm actually consuming it instead of just burning money on 400 channels of garbage "HD" music streams, and garbage stations like History, TLC, Discovery, and the other reality TV outlets that used to actually offer interesting, informative content.
 
I see they've finally added the Guy William's Zorro series on to Disney+. Fortunately, I picked them up when they were released on DVD. Aside from the new shows, I pretty much already have any of the material on there that I'd care to watch.
 
This felt very fitting for the thread.

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For us, the calculus is a bit different. There's a TON of content our kid digs on D+, and while I gather I'm in the minority of commenters here, I've enjoyed all the Marvel and Star Wars shows, so I've gotten my money's worth from Disney. (Also I got it at a steep discount early on, then got an additional free year, so I'm still coasting on that.)

I always forget about kids. Good point. For them there's a lot for good stuff on there.

Maybe I should let my kids watch TV once in a while, instead of letting them play with those pebbles and twigs I get them every Festivus.
 
Better to let them use their imaginations. I watched a lot of TV growing up, but we didn't get cable until I was about 12. Even then I still spent a lot of time outdoors, riding my bike, reading, building props, and doing other things besides sitting in front of the television. Then again the internet didn't exist then. I can't say I would have been the same and reacted to things the same way kids do now, so what do I know. lol
 
Better to let them use their imaginations. I watched a lot of TV growing up, but we didn't get cable until I was about 12. Even then I still spent a lot of time outdoors, riding my bike, reading, building props, and doing other things besides sitting in front of the television. Then again the internet didn't exist then. I can't say I would have been the same and reacted to things the same way kids do now, so what do I know. lol
Oh yes. I think we grew up in the same era.

A good straight branch with a decently angled stub: that was perfect to pretend I was handling a blaster.
I'd spend my day wandering the forest (aka the lot next door with about 20 trees), either looking for "a secret base" or "fleeing the Empire" because "I had something they wanted."

You're right though, we don't know. Today everything is different. But I'd like to think that, for kids, anything away from a screen - physically playing somewhere - is better than anything else.


There's this artist named Craig Davison who made wonderful artwork about OT Star Wars from a kid's perspective. I always thought these illustrations reflected the mindset nicely :)

 
I see they've finally added the Guy William's Zorro series on to Disney+.
Thanks for mentioning this. I had no idea they had added it. Thanks again!

I wish they would email me a list of things added each month. Or have a section of “all recently released items”. All of these years later and the interface for Disney + still leaves some things to be desired.
 
Thanks for mentioning this. I had no idea they had added it. Thanks again!

I wish they would email me a list of things added each month. Or have a section of “all recently released items”. All of these years later and the interface for Disney + still leaves some things to be desired.
Seriously! Now that’s something I’m interested in. There is a ton of stuff I’m not aware of on it as all they promote are zombies and Marvel. I’ve also set mine for TV 14 as I‘ve no desire for R rated content.
 
Oh yes. I think we grew up in the same era.

A good straight branch with a decently angled stub: that was perfect to pretend I was handling a blaster.
I'd spend my day wandering the forest (aka the lot next door with about 20 trees), either looking for "a secret base" or "fleeing the Empire" because "I had something they wanted."

You're right though, we don't know. Today everything is different. But I'd like to think that, for kids, anything away from a screen - physically playing somewhere - is better than anything else.


There's this artist named Craig Davison who made wonderful artwork about OT Star Wars from a kid's perspective. I always thought these illustrations reflected the mindset nicely :)

Kids get it, Disney doesn't !
 
And these companies wonder why there's so much piracy. Not that I would pirate, really I wouldn't, ; )
I'm perfectly willing to pay, but sometimes they just seem to go overboard with all the rules and weird contracts around properties. I'd be happy to pay for Star Wars Despecialized, but if you don't want my money...fine. I'm not going to lose any sleep over downloading it.
 
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