The situations aren't quite comparable. But yeah. I imagine if there were an "all content" streaming channel for $100-$200/month, a lot of people would think that was outrageous pricing because they want to watch so little of that content.
Personally, I'd probably be happier watching a lot of content with a la carte pricing but TV shows in particular seem to be at something of a premium with that model. (Assuming they're available.)
> The situations aren't quite comparable. But yeah. I imagine if there were an "all content" streaming channel for $100-$200/month, a lot of people would think that was outrageous pricing because they want to watch so little of that content.
There are always outliers, but very few people would watch $100-200 "worth" of content. Netflix is basically a walled off Spotify, where your $10-15 goes to whatever shows you watch because the rest get cancelled if they can't sustain a critical number of subscribers.
But I want more than just the Netflix-content, but let's say I can only reasonably watch $30-50 "worth" of content each month, so give me access to everything and allocate my subscription accordlingly, sort of like Spotify.
You paid for a lot more than content then. Unless Netflix is burning someone elses money I'm assuming they're getting by on their subscriptions. They also have a much larger user base than specific cable/sat companies, so they win on scale.
I'm not saying people can't pay more, I'm saying they don't have enough time in the day for the amount of content that could be produced by that amount of money.
It didn't though and prices were still substantial--especially for those who got premium channels.
My basic point is that people (understandably) would like a less fragmented streaming video market. But they mostly also want something that's significantly cheaper than an all-in monthly cable or satellite subscription was 10 years or whenever ago.
We did mostly get to reasonably priced and reasonably comprehensive streaming music--although apparently at the cost of not supporting most artists very well.
Personally, I'd probably be happier watching a lot of content with a la carte pricing but TV shows in particular seem to be at something of a premium with that model. (Assuming they're available.)
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