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Post by mysterydriver on May 1, 2012 12:18:59 GMT -5
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Post by HMARK Center on May 1, 2012 12:36:41 GMT -5
Hate this stuff. Cable providers obviously want to keep making money, but they have no long term vision: the future isn't in people continuing to buy normal cable, those days are rapidly approaching an end.
Same story when you try to order online sports packages, with the stupid blackout rules. Awful.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2012 13:21:18 GMT -5
Eh, I already subscribe to Hulu+. As long as they keep that deal the same I'm cool.
I guess Hulu never really figured out that the majority of their business is a result of people being fed up with the ridiculousness of cable companies' practices.
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Post by xCompackx on May 1, 2012 13:56:19 GMT -5
It constantly amazes me how out of touch these media companies are. With how easy it is to just watch tv shows for free online illegally, shouldn't they be trying to improve and innovate services like Hulu instead of trying to further lock it down?
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on May 1, 2012 13:58:49 GMT -5
HAHAHAHAHAH
Well, wasn't using it before. Sure as shit won't now.
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Post by HMARK Center on May 1, 2012 14:02:45 GMT -5
It constantly amazes me how out of touch these media companies are. With how easy it is to just watch tv shows for free online illegally, shouldn't they be trying to improve and innovate services like Hulu instead of trying to further lock it down? It's the same problem that kills innovation and progress in nearly every single industry: obsession with your profits over the next two quarters trumps building a new, "eye towards the future" business model that could give you TONS more cash if you properly invested in it, instead. But because doing so could risk a bit of a drop over the next six months, they don't want to even consider it. Idiots. |
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Post by chazraps on May 1, 2012 14:30:17 GMT -5
Sounds like Sepukkhulu.
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Post by xCompackx on May 1, 2012 15:22:19 GMT -5
It constantly amazes me how out of touch these media companies are. With how easy it is to just watch tv shows for free online illegally, shouldn't they be trying to improve and innovate services like Hulu instead of trying to further lock it down? It's the same problem that kills innovation and progress in nearly every single industry: obsession with your profits over the next two quarters trumps building a new, "eye towards the future" business model that could give you TONS more cash if you properly invested in it, instead. But because doing so could risk a bit of a drop over the next six months, they don't want to even consider it. Idiots. Yup, and it's always the same industries that are failing to try. Music is really starting to come around with services like Spotify and Youtube where you can get heard, and video games are always full of new developers getting in there (if you ignore all the shooters that get released), but movie and television industries just won't even try. I completely understand how much a movie or tv show can cost to make, but doing stuff like this and only really limiting the legit customers is the worst possible idea. |
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on May 1, 2012 17:35:31 GMT -5
Is the Internet going to require a landline telephone connection?
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2012 17:44:09 GMT -5
I thought it was dumb enough that even when you pay for Plus they still make you sit through advertisements.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on May 1, 2012 17:49:25 GMT -5
I thought it was dumb enough that even when you pay for Plus they still make you sit through advertisements. Seriously. I cancelled my subscription to Hulu Plus after discovering that it still had ads. It's a premium service, so why should I sit through advertising? It'd be like having commercial breaks on HBO. |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on May 1, 2012 18:35:00 GMT -5
I thought it was dumb enough that even when you pay for Plus they still make you sit through advertisements. Seriously. I cancelled my subscription to Hulu Plus after discovering that it still had ads. It's a premium service, so why should I sit through advertising? It'd be like having commercial breaks on HBO. You pay for cable TV yet have commercial breaks, though originally I think it was ALL like HBO with no commercials. Advertising weasels its way everywhere. |
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Post by ICBM on May 1, 2012 18:42:41 GMT -5
Oh how horrible that something that started.as a small webpage with zero advertizing, grew enough to legitimize itself. Damn them for success. How dare they expect you to pay for a service. Hulu getting into cable won't kill them. Cable providers will. pay them way more than they make on subscription and online ads. Good job I say
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on May 1, 2012 21:45:52 GMT -5
I wonder how strict this "authentication" nonsense would be. I can use my in-laws cable bill, if nothing else.
I just wonder...if you have to have a cable subscription, you're delaying new shows by a month if you don't, and really offering zero additional content.....why is anyone paying for this "service?"
f*** them. I'll watch what I want through other means and catch up on older shows through Netflix where I can watch the entire series and not deal with this kind of bullshit.
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Post by HMARK Center on May 2, 2012 11:04:23 GMT -5
Oh how horrible that something that started.as a small webpage with zero advertizing, grew enough to legitimize itself. Damn them for success. How dare they expect you to pay for a service. Hulu getting into cable won't kill them. Cable providers will. pay them way more than they make on subscription and online ads. Good job I say The point is that they're hitching their wagon to a dying star. Cable's current business model will eventually be the death of it, but they're showing no inclination towards change in a market that's increasingly saying "your service is mediocre, your prices are insane, and I can find content either more cheaply or even free elsewhere." Getting on board with the likes of the cable companies right now is just pointless. |
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Post by Biggtone23 on May 2, 2012 11:06:55 GMT -5
Isn't the cable company how the majority of people are getting on the internet anyway though? If I'm wrong correct me but I dont understand this mentality that the cable companies are all going to die off. They are just going to change their main product from cable TV to internet connections.
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Post by HMARK Center on May 2, 2012 11:12:06 GMT -5
Isn't the cable company how the majority of people are getting on the internet anyway though? If I'm wrong correct me but I dont understand this mentality that the cable companies are all going to die off. They are just going to change their main product from cable TV to internet connections. Getting it from them affordably is still tied to getting their TV service; plus they can deny you certain things online if you don't have the TV service (i.e. local blackout rules). They won't necessarily die, but they'll wait until the last minute to make any forward-thinking changes to suit the new marketplace. |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2012 11:12:33 GMT -5
Oh how horrible that something that started.as a small webpage with zero advertizing, grew enough to legitimize itself. Damn them for success. How dare they expect you to pay for a service. Hulu getting into cable won't kill them. Cable providers will. pay them way more than they make on subscription and online ads. Good job I say The point - you missed it. Hulu made its mark as an alternative to cable. A way for people who didn't like the cable provider's set up and wanted something more barebones, but streamlined. Hulu won't give you EVERYTHING, but it'll give you most of what you could want. By requiring their subscribers to also have a cable subscription it defeats the entire purpose of the site. Even if it wasn't free, paying a fee substantially less than cable providers is still a helluva deal. It'd be like if you wanted to listen to Pandora, but first you had to subscribe to Rhapsody. |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2012 11:26:30 GMT -5
Oh how horrible that something that started.as a small webpage with zero advertizing, grew enough to legitimize itself. Damn them for success. How dare they expect you to pay for a service. Hulu getting into cable won't kill them. Cable providers will. pay them way more than they make on subscription and online ads. Good job I say The point is that they're hitching their wagon to a dying star. Cable's current business model will eventually be the death of it, but they're showing no inclination towards change in a market that's increasingly saying "your service is mediocre, your prices are insane, and I can find content either more cheaply or even free elsewhere." Getting on board with the likes of the cable companies right now is just pointless. Also, I don't think the cable companies will be paying them anything for this. Hulu pays them for the rights to stream their content. Hulu won't make any additional money from this venture, but are probably being pressured to do it by the cable companies who are losing subscribers. |
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Post by VengeanceGOD on May 2, 2012 11:27:31 GMT -5
Dear Hulu, Comcast, NBC, etc.
If I can't watch your shows when I want, how I want, without paying extravagant fees, then I will watch them when I want, how I want for free.
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