Having to pay extra to stream 4K is weird

[winb83]

Netflix does this and now (HBO) Max is going that route. YouTube TV does it as well. 4K is the standard resolution TVs come in and these companies are acting a fool about it.
It's not a premium feature when it comes standard on TVs now.

 

[Batsute]

This battle was lost once y’all agreed to Hulu.

Pirate gang rise up.

 

[humminbird]

This battle was lost once y’all agreed to Hulu.

Pirate gang rise up.

how?

 

[Batsute]

how?

Once companies started paying more for exclusive content like when they plucked South Park from Netflix, it showed consumers were willing to pay for multiple streaming services. It validated the market for them to start these streaming wars.

Once Netflix started losing high profile content I saw the writing on the wall and never paid another dollar for a streaming service again.

 

[Marks]

It's also because ISPs feel like their losing money on the bandwidth and trying to make the streaming services pay for it. Most ISPs, especially here in America know their infrastructure and services could use a TON of work but do not want to pay for it so they stay trying to get the govt and now streaming services to get the bill.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

This is no different than cable providers still charging more for HD (now 4K) shyt been going on for decades

 

[RennisDeynolds]

It's also because ISPs feel like their losing money on the bandwidth and trying to make the streaming services pay for it. Most ISPs, especially here in America know their infrastructure and services could use a TON of work but do not want to pay for it so they stay trying to get the govt and now streaming services to get the bill.

man these companies got gluttonous on fed $$$ to improve and rollout infrastrutcure for decades that they brazenly never did and get rewarded for it with more fed $$$.


fukk what they complain about

 

[CarltonJunior]

It's pretty embarrassing that next to nothing is natively available in 4K in 2023 outside of specifically purchasing 4K Ultra HD quality movies. And you still need a 4K player to play them in that quality.

 

[Marks]

It's pretty embarrassing that next to nothing is natively available in 4K in 2023 outside of specifically purchasing 4K Ultra HD quality movies. And you still need a 4K player to play them in that quality.

The data costs are too high, nobody wants to do anything about it. Americas internet services sucks compared to most developed nations. Never ask how much the average european pays for the internet and how fast it is...it will make you mad.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Yep especially when Disney/Hulu and Amazon are offering it priced in. Netflix gouging and the fukkups at Mac following suit

 

[FlyRy]

It's pretty embarrassing that next to nothing is natively available in 4K in 2023 outside of specifically purchasing 4K Ultra HD quality movies. And you still need a 4K player to play them in that quality.

It's embarrassing that DVDs are still around (with 8K tvs on the market) and still make up 65 to 70% of disc sales

 

[old pig]

kinda sucks but I don’t pay for it every month…I plan on bailing for a while after barry is over…I don’t think they have any new shows/seasons scheduled after that

 

[old pig]

The data costs are too high, nobody wants to do anything about it. Americas internet services sucks compared to most developed nations. Never ask how much the average european pays for the internet and how fast it is...it will make you mad.

how much and how fast?

I can’t possibly be any angrier than I already am (still fuming over “snowfall”)

 

[FlyRy]

The data costs are too high, nobody wants to do anything about it. Americas internet services sucks compared to most developed nations. Never ask how much the average european pays for the internet and how fast it is...it will make you mad.

 

[winb83]

This is no different than cable providers still charging more for HD (now 4K) shyt been going on for decades

We have Spectrum here and they don't even offer non-HD boxes and haven't charged for HD in almost a decade. My parents have Comcast. I don't think they charge more for that either but I'd have to ask them.