• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    4 days ago

    When peacock started no one understood why. I guess they thought it was the same as them owning Comcast, vertical integration and all that. But Comcast has a rough monopoly, peacock had a ton of competition.

    Granted I’m torn because we need more competition, not less

    • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubOP
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      4 days ago

      I understood why. These people are used to having some control over the distribution method over their content. Universal owns USA, TruTV, NBC, but with streaming services replacing TV channels they probably want thay same level of control.

      Peacock failing makes no sense to me. People love to binge comedies and NBC has made tons of them. Especially since many of their shows (like The Office) were shows people got Netflix for, I’m interested in why people didn’t make the switch to Peacock.

      • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        Because after looking at my checking account and seeing Hulu, prime with various channels and Netflix every month, I bought a VPN yearly subscription and sail the high seas instead of adding another recurring charge for a service that will inevitably lose shows or splinter into yet another app

        • LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca
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          1 hour ago

          Not only that, but all those fragmented streaming services keep increasing prices.

          You get more bang for you buck with services outside of peacock. Peacocks draw (at least for people I know) was old reruns of favourite shows. Even if you didn’t want a VPN and a sail, you can buy the DVDs or bluerays.

          Disney +, Netflix, Prime for all their issues, create new content that people want.