Op-ed: Apps promised to free us from ad-supported subscription bundles. Oops!

For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/K4EIh

  • lackthought@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    just ordered a nice OTA antenna so I can watch my local channels, anything else needed will be purchased for exactly 1 month and then cancelled

    I’ve also started looking at smaller streaming services like CuriosityStream and MagellanTV cause I’m more interested in documentaries and such instead of the latest weekly tv dramas

    • procrastinator@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Can recommend Nebula if you’re interested in explainer Youtube videos (they have other content, though afaik mostly explainers)

      • whosdadog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I didn’t really like Nebula. I signed up and canceled my subscription before I even finished a single video. Almost everything is available on YouTube for free (albeit with ads if you don’t have Youtube Premium) and it just didn’t feel like they had enough content to be charging $5/month.

        • procrastinator@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Well for the $5/month you get:

          • Videos earlier than on Youtube for most (i think) creators (the least valuable of the 3)
          • Exclusive bonus videos (this one i like, it varies what the exclusive is, but it is usually as high quality as the rest of the creators content)
          • The creators get paid much more (even if you have Youtube Premium). The payout of Nebula is like Spotify where Nebula (the company) takes 30% of money earned and then split the rest to the content creators based on watch time.

          These 3 things are what I think make Nebula worth it for me, though it’s fair if you don’t think it’s worth it to you (to each their own). Also, i don’t how long ago you signed up but for me I think there’s a good amount of content on Nebula (at least for the types of videos I watch)

          • WestwardWinds@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I watch a lot of educational explainer content and I’ve thought about trying nebula. Who do you watch on there that you think makes it worth it?