Disney + is arriving in the UK earlier than expected - Pricing revealed
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I havent seen it yet.
Me too, but I'd mainly get it for the Marvel movies.
7€ per month is quite cheap, too! But I'll guess I won't be getting the year sub, because if I wanna see a Disney movie, I can get one month and get away much cheaper than a night at the cinema.
I'd recommend it, it's brilliant. I'm just salty about the staged regional roll-out
The issue I see is not that 7euro is a cheap price (which it is), everything is a streaming service now, so if you start subscribing to multiple then it adds up to quite a large cost.
Currently I have
Spotify
XGP
Netflix
HBO
That is setting me back £45 a month. For streaming services alone. Could be considered more given I paid an annual fee for Origin.
Now adding 7 euro although small, is pushing me over £50. Its too much.
g0ggles1994
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I just want to know whether the National Geographic section will have Air Crash Investigation, otherwise I'm not interested
Dark NighT
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So far it's not on there, just checked on my acc.
Darkdayzzz
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All I will say, as a USA resident, is streaming services are by far cheaper then cable ever will be. No matter what the cable companies will offer I won't ever use it.
Also if you are paying for all those services yourself then you should consider splitting the cost with some friends
. I should be paying like $100+ a month for the streaming services alone I use but the 3 people I have added to my accounts pay me X amount per month for the use of said services - I actually only pay about $35 a month for all the services.Include my (stupidly high compared to anywhere else) internet costs and I am only paying $105 a month total for internet + streaming services.
The other argument for streaming is that it is just better. I can watch what I want, when I want, however I want to watch it. Heck I can pause and walk away for a minute, good luck doing that with most cable companies anywhere in the world.
EDIT - anyone who would use the argument of "Oh well you have to pay for internet too so it is basically the same price!" is a fool. Everyone almost has internet in todays world, you can't use something that almost everyone has as a basis for an argument over the failure that cable is becoming vs streaming lol.
I've got maybe 2-3 hours maximum, often less, each day to watch stuff to relax when I get home and done with other things - streaming services are much better for that simply for the sake of "watching what I want, when I want" cable can't compete with that at all.
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I feel you. While I only have Amazon Prime at the moment, which is 70€ for a year (same prize as Disney+) I already think that is much. Luckily my grad cousin allows me to use his Netflix sub for free.
@Darkdayzzz so you're paying 70$ for your internet connection?! That's 63€, holy moly. I hope you're getting high speeds at least.
Concerning pausing the movie/show with cable: almost every newer TV is able to record to a USB drive, allowing you to stop even free TV movies and continue after you return. You can also skip commercial breaks of recorded stuff, of course.
In Norway it costs about £45 for a basic braodband connection of around 10Mbps down. Gone are the days of my insane 500Mbps since the company is no longer in existance, but to have anything decent will cost upwards of £60 here. Depends on location.
Some have to pay £60 for a measly 5Mbps due to being in the middle of no where.
NeverBackDown
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I'm paying $75 for internet. I get 100 down 10 up. It's crap! Started out as $35 but "fees"...
Dicehunter
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No one outside of America has seen it and those that have, Have watched it from questionable sources, I'll be paying for 1 month to watch the Mando series for sure.
Its all about GEO blocking. UK has it easy compared to rest of europe. Norway netflix has about 15% of the content UK gets for example.
They need to ban geo blocking and make streaming services universal. I bet you piracy would fall then.
Dark NighT
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Dicehunter
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Every single one of my co-workers has pirated The Mandolorian series, I haven't as I'm too paranoid, But if these services were made universal as you say and affordable I can pretty much guarantee piracy would sharply drop.
TheF34RChannel
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This is my exact problem as well and my response to when I get asked if I have Netflix (they think Netflix is the world here which annoys me). Add to that a few others I'd like simply because they have series on in fancy and it's way too much monthly. For us regular TV already is a subscription and an expensive one at that!!
Dicehunter
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Considering in the UK you HAVE to pay a license to simply own a TV, Which is beyond archaic and should be abolished, That adds even more on top, Many people I personally know don't even own a TV anymore nevermind streaming services.
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TheF34RChannel
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Oh really! That's too far alright :/
