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Maybe you misunderstood me. I currently subscribe to: Youtube TV, Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime and HBO MAX. I spend more on streaming services than I did on cable.

I'm not asking for them to lower their prices; I'm not even asking that they don't raise their prices. I'm simply saying that when they raise the price it makes me think about the value proposition and I am reminded that I'm paying for far more content than I can possibly consume. That's my fault and nobody else's.

I don't need a service that rotates my subscriptions as suggested above. Rather, if someone wants to create a service for cable cutters, I'd like a central place to curate what I like, what I've seen, what I'd like to see and know when that content becomes available. I agree that Apple does some of that, so does netflix, and HBO and some of the others... and I do use those features, but there is still an opportunity for someone to create a service that is centralized and provides more depth.

For example, I'd like to go a little deeper than a thumbs up/down when rating Netflix content. I'd like to have more than one playlist on Apple, Prime, etc. I'd like to know when a hard to find movie/show gets licensed and will be available on a streaming service, etc.

So, no... I don't want to pay very little money for lots of content. I just want to rebalance what I do pay for to match what I have time to watch. No, I don't want to spend very little time... I actually want to spend more time curating.




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