And so the bait-n-switch begins
Instead of loading the season they will dole it out episode by episode. They used to call this method network programming. Fuck em.
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That's so you can't just binge it in a week and bail out. They keep you on the hook, paying for an extended time.
shareThey just raised Amazon Prime $2 a month now too ... $24 a year.
shareI'm dropping them anyway.
No longer the savings they used to be.
All they've done is force others to cut corners to meet Amazons prices.
Those corners being any benefit the consumers can rely on.
I think Prime is still worth it, but I probably get a few things every week from Amazon.
shareReally impossible to decide.
They could do ANYTHING within the year and massively screw ya. As the consumer here you really have no options.
It's a club.
It will now average $3 a week which is really a nice price but not when weighed against what is available. It all evolves around licensing fees and once they start paying to produce their own programming you can rest assured less will be payed to someone else for their product.
I am appalled at the amount of public domain material found on their site (and many others).
I CAN NOT EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH: LIMIT ALL COPYRIGHTED RECORDINGS TO 100YRS.
Problem solved.
You can quit any time and get your pro-rated money back as I understand it. Am I wrong about that, because I don't think I've ever thought about it enough to look?
I think either of two things should be done. One is to tax things that have an
infinite lifetime at a different progressive rate. If I am a plumber for example,
I do a job, I get paid for it, sum up my earnings and pay taxes of it. If I am an
investor - same thing. But an artist or actor, singer, etc, they do a job once,
and some of them make millions just because they are in a field where their
work product can be sold over and over and over, so they are doing no work,
and at the high end they should be taxed more progressively than a doctor,
lawyer, investor, etc. Same with patents.
The other alternative would be to just get rid of intellectual property altogether
which would stimulate solutions and technology and the legal BS. This is the
solution I prefer. Back when inventions were slow and independent of each
other patents had a point, but today when inventions are insane, like genetic
engineering, or social media and computer software and we need massive
rapid innovation - they are holding solutions back and hurting humanity.
I have mixed feelings about this because what I normally would do is to get hooked and watch it all in one sitting ... and then be burnt out and way off my biological clock for days because of staying up to late. So, I'm OK with it. It's not a priority for me either, so I can just wait til it all is out and watch it that way if I want.
shareI think you're making a mountain out of a molehill. Prime will release 2 episodes of Mrs. Maisel every week for four weeks. It helps to build up word of mouth on a project rather than shooting one's wad at one time. This model works well for HBOMAX, where new episodes will appear on streaming on a weekly basis at the same time they drop on HBO. I don't mind waiting as it builds up anticipation and gives me something to look forward to each week. If you're a die hard fan of bingewatching, you will have that luxury in one month once all the episodes have dropped.
shareThen freakin’ wait a month THEN binge it. I love that they have spread it out so it’s easier to discuss with others in FB groups or in person.
And I mourn the loss of 20+ episode seasons. 8 episodes is a third of a season in my book.
I guess you wouldn't understand someone whose desire to watch the show is greater then their need to discuss it.
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Of course they are stretching their dollars with this shit as if the public is not clever enough to get around it.
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The same problems that killed network programming are now becoming prevalent in streaming services.
Greed and laziness.
I guess you wouldn’t understand that by weekly episodes BOTH sides CAN get what they like. One side just has to wait a little longer. Discussing weekly episodes is a nearly 70 year-old thing. Don’t be selfish. Let both sides be happy 😃
shareMaybe YOU like getting ripped off by shady marketing and false promises but I speak out against them.
What makes you think this season will be loaded within a month?
What makes you think they won't eventually stretch it out to a year?
For you to call the VIEWER selfish on this subject speaks volumes about your ability to reason.
The schedule has been out for a while. 8 episodes this season, 2 launched each Friday. First eps yesterday, 7th and 8th on March 11. 21 day stretch, not even a month.
My reasoning is fine. It’s yours that sorely needs an adjustment.
I don't need adjustment. Just honesty.
I myself cut the cord and started streaming services to cut down on if not eliminate the ridiculous amount of advertising. Only to find out the same methods are now being incorporated.
Do you even understand the meaning of bait-n-witch? Or do you just complacently sit by and think it's all for the best?
Get your head out of Amazons ass. You're not getting any special bonuses or rewards. They can't hear you and care even less.
You don't have to have your head "in Amazon's ass" to prefer the weekly model. The people are correct who say it's much easier to participate in the cultural conversation if everyone is on the same page. Imagine is something like True Detective had been released all at one time. That would've been fucked.
shareWhere/when exactly was this B&S you are so perturbed about? I see zero evidence of such.
The ads all say “season 4 premiere February 18”, not “season 4 releases February 18”.
And don’t refer to season 3 ads, that’s pretty old and dead bait.
Id say NICE try but its pathetic. YOU KNOW what the procedure has been and WHY they are doing this. MONEY. And being just as greedy makes you complacent.
shareNo, they are doing it because others are doing it too. A couple of months ago there was a CNN (I think it was CNN) article how streamers were starting to follow Hulu’s method of weekly drops due to….the popularity!
shareOf course. How ignorant of me not to realize that the profits from extended subscriptions are just a happy coincidence.
MAN!
I'd love to be your insurance agent.
Hard to believe how clueless that guy was. LOL I think he did the world a favor by deleting his account. :-)
shareCan you point to where it was promised that the new season of Maisel would released all at once?
sharewhy should streaming be any different? they produce it episode by episode still
shareBecause they BAITED us with the implication that binge watching would be possible and the norm. Only to SWITCH to the same practices as the broadcasting networks once they had us cut the cord.
Quit your trolling Jourina, you simple minded dolt. I've seen your posts and you appear all of 14 years old. Dont bother replying-you are blocked.
You can binge watch it, just wait until the last episode is out and then watch it all at once. You seem to have an impulse control problem.
That's what I did with the Walking Dead and several other shows I like, but really don't have the bandwidth to watch and remember to keep in my head for a week over a period of weeks. I have other things in my life, so I just wait and watch the whole thing at once.
Now AMC takes Walking Dead off the air when Fear The Walking Dead is on, and vice-versa. That's what pissed me off and doesn't seem fair. When I sign up for AMC I should be signing up for all their library at the same time, not for little tricks to rip me off.
yes the reality of how tv shows are produced seems to be the only real problem here. other people need to wait longer because one person cannot wait like an adult
no one produces one season of film at a time, there is no bait and switch only impatience
CAN YOU BELIEVE THE RESPONSES FROM THESE MANIPULATIVE HYPOCRITES?
"You are just impatient"
"You have anger issues"
"You CAN... if you just wait A WHOLE FUCKIN SEASON"
As if you ever WAITED a year for what you purchased. It's obvious why you spend so much time home alone on the net. Keeping your head in any celebrities ass hoping for a crumb of recognition must have left you with an abominable stench.
Please stop with this whiny irritating nonsense now. Boohoo. You've got to wait before you can bingewatch. Who cares?
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