{"id":16012,"date":"2024-01-09T09:02:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoohaa.com\/?p=16012"},"modified":"2024-01-09T09:02:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:02:09","slug":"20-days-of-chill-2024-streaming-and-more-streaming-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoohaa.com\/?p=16012","title":{"rendered":"20 Days of Chill 2024: Streaming and more streaming (Day 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is streaming getting out of control? Or is it just the future of things? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing is for sure, with the plethora of streaming options, it makes life easier in one part, but more difficult in others. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Let me explain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of right now, I subscribe to way too many streaming services. From Netflix and Disney +, to Peacock and Paramount and beyond. The issue is I like aspects of each one that I subscribe to, but in the end, financially, it\u2019s probably too much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the costs add up. But each one of them has so many great options that it makes it hard to get rid of one. There will come a time, however, when some hard decisions have to be made. Sometimes, you just can\u2019t keep every service. Are there things you want to watch? Sure. But there are only so many hours in the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Just some of the things I want to watch in 2024.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Recently, I started going through each service. My plan is to look and jot down the things I want to watch. From movies to series to everything in between, there are so many great things out there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will keep a few, at all times, no matter what. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a premium subscription to YouTube to avoid commercials and such while watching videos. Considering how much I watch YouTube, that will stay. Peacock is affordable and has a lot of good things, including all of the WWE stuff, so that will stay. Netflix likely is on this list, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paramount, for example, probably doesn\u2019t have to be all the time. It might be worth binging for a few months and canceling, and then go back to it and repeat. My Disney+ is a bundle with ESPN+ and Hulu. With those prices going up, there has to be some thinking there. ESPN I use so I can watch Quinnipiac hockey when they are on it; Hulu is hit or miss, and I do like Disney + for various things. But do I need the bundle? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime comes with my normal Prime subscription, so that\u2019s a keeper. Apple TV has good things, but I don\u2019t always watch it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of these I\u2019d be better off being able to subscribe for a year at a time, rather than monthly. If I can do that for some and get a slight discount, I\u2019ll probably be more apt to do it \u2013 though I\u2019ll want to try and do them at different times of the year so as not to stack them in one month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are other premium services \u2013 such as Starz \u2013 that have a lot of great things that I want to see, and I\u2019d be interested to do a short-term thing with them to do some binging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are good things about all of this, though. With all the options there are out there, it\u2019s coming to a point where you don\u2019t necessarily need cable anymore. High-speed internet? Of course. But the ability to watch what you want and where is amazing. And past TV shows are available. Sure, there are some local options that might not be there, but overall, streaming is changing the dynamic of TV entertainment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how about all of you? How do you manage what streaming services you have, or don\u2019t you have them at all?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linkup for Day 5: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n