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There are too many streaming services nowadays to pay for every single one. One option is sharing, the other is unsubscribing

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1 friend pays for netflix, the next for amazon, the next for spotify. I mean do what you want, but if streaming gets worse than now (it's almost like pay TV again) people are just going to pirate again.

Yeah, I pay for a few streaming services, but sometimes I find myself pirating content that is actually available on one of those streaming services, because it's just easier. That's generally not a great sign I would think.

Man, I’ve done the same. There are too many streaming devices. It’s ridiculous.

The third is rotating subscriptions, get Netflix for one month and watch the things you like on there, Hulu the next and then Amazon Prime.

This is what I did with Disney Plus. I really love the first eight seasons of The Simpsons, and the original Star wars trilogy, plus the Last Jedi are pretty good movies.

Nothing else in their library really appeals to me as a single guy. I tried the Hulu bundle, and I found Hulu's original content to be very much hit or miss. Monsterland was fairly interesting, and I'm glad I watched it, but I don't have any real interest in rewatching the same series over and over again.

The worst part is that as a European or god forbid Eastern European you simply do not have access to all the content you have in USA. I pay for available streaming services and am forced to get the rest of the content by other means

There's a better option yet.

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