While I agree about the likely outcome, I will point out that consumers have been
begging for unbundling for years.

This fragmentation of streaming services _IS_ the direct result of that request.

It’s unbundled service, exactly what they have been asking for.

Owen


> On Nov 26, 2019, at 01:54 , Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu> wrote:
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> On 12/Nov/19 22:36, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
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>>
>> I actually suspect streaming is going to decline (at least in
>> comparison to where it could have grown to) if this streaming service
>> fragmentation continues.
>>
>> I think people are going to reject the idea that they need to subscribe
>> to a dozen streaming services at $10-$20/mo. each and will be driven
>> back the good old "single source" (piracy) they used to use before 1
>> (or perhaps 2) streaming services kept them happy enough to abandon
>> piracy.
>>
>> The content providers are going to piss in their bed again due to
>> greed.  Again.
>
> This!
>
> At the beginning of this year, I dumped Prime Video because while I
> initially got it for "The Grand Tour", almost all the other content was
> not available in Africa. Didn't see the point of shelling out over
> US$100/year for just one show, especially since we already have Netflix
> + a local linear pay TV service.
>
> I bought the wife a new iPhone 11 Pro earlier this month. This got us
> 1-year's worth of free AppleTV+. Not a lot of content so far, but I hear
> the same about Disney+. Granted 2 of the 3 shows on TV+ are not bad. But
> it's free, so what the heck.
>
> I'm not keen on paying for more than one streaming service, if I'm
> honest. There already isn't enough time in the world for regular life,
> never mind watching one streaming service... now we have to deal with
> more, each with their own price? Not sure how well the streaming
> providers expect regular folk to take all of this fragmentation.
>
> As my daughter would say, "They can miss me with it :-)".
>
> Mark.
>