Nearly 75% of Americans are frustrated that the streaming platform they subscribe to keeps raising their prices. With 40% having cut back their streaming subscriptions in the last three months due to financial concerns and rising costs of living.
These companies continue to raise prices, hoping inertia will prevent most people from switching. This is true not only for streaming sites but also for all these platforms.
We need to move away from businesses that exploit their monopolies and try to get your content or goods directly, where possible.
Some alternatives you can check out…
Media:
- Nebula
- Dropout TV
- Corridor Digital
Music:
- Qobuz (buy directly from artists)
- Soundcloud (artist-driven)
- Bandcamp (buy directly from artists)
The same principle applies to Uber, Amazon and many others.
Every time I see a headline saying “X% of Americans did a sensible thing”, my immediate reaction is “only X%?”
It said in the last 3 months. That seems nuts to me, like a crazy high percentage. Why now? Everyone i know who cut streaming cut it a long time ago
Ah. I did not read the article, so egg on my face. Yeah, in that case it’s pretty significant, even considering the known phenomenon of people who only subscribe for the duration of the run of something they want to watch.