lilfishi22 wrote:bwgood77 wrote:Two shows returning soon that are great and are worth checking out if you haven't are Silo on AppleTV+ and Arcane on Netflix.
With your subscriptions, are you subscribed year round or do you have like a mainstay (e.g Netflix) and then jump around the AppleTV's, D+ etc etc?
I currently have an annual D+ subscription which I probably won't pick up again when it's up for renewal. My Netflix just lapsed and I'll probably resub later when something of interest shows up. I've been on the Aussie HBO for like 3mths and have watched House of Dragon, Righteous Gemstones, Last of Us, Eastbound and Down, rewatched GOT, the Wire, and currently watching Penguin. I don't think I'll pick it up for a 4th month and just jump on another streamer to go through their catalogue.
I'll get back onto ATV+ in Jan when Silo S2 is all out and I'll binge that
I don't have HBO as it's pretty expensive for what you get (that's new) but I've seen all their really good shows, including recent ones like Succession, Last of Us, and even House of the Dragon.
I always keep Netflix. They don't always have the top tier content, but what I like is that release so much that there is usually something good there, AND you can binge all at once, whereas all the others are 1 episode a week, so you have to subscribe like 3 months to watch one show unless you wait for it to end and binge.
However, I did decrease to the Netflix with ads, which was $6.99 as opposed to like $15.49, and their ads are not bad at all. Usually a few 30 second ads throughout a show. However, my brother just told me he had an extra log in to his account ad free so I took that and canceled it. But I'd have it regardless.
I have Prime but always had it for free 2 day shipping, even before they had ads.
I also have AppleTV+. Apple has a lot of shows I really like, but it's a bit like HBO in the sense that they usually only have like 3 new shows going on at one time, and I may only like 1 of them, and they come out once a week, so theoretically this would be one to cancel for a few months, then buy a month, etc, but I don't have a lot of them, so I keep it.
Then I have Paramount/Showtime package..ad free. I originally got this for half off and they don't always have stuff I want to watch, but Paramount has a decent amount of good stuff along with a lot of movies. I originally got it for $5.99 a month but now it's $11.99 a month.
I do have a subscription to MHZ choice network too, which is for lesser known international shows, many from europe, which I like to watch.
Other than that, I will subscribe to stuff on Prime Day or Black Friday when they have deals like 99 cents a month for 3 months. I just canceled hulu, disney and peacock after having each for like $2 a month, but I rarely watched those anyway.
On Black Friday I will look for deals for STARZ, MGM+, Britbox and maybe AMC and Acorn. If I did I'd probably only have those for about 3 months and would watch anything that has been released in a year.
Overall, not counting Prime which I'd have anyway, I only spend about $30 a month for Netflix, Apple, Paramount/Showtime, and MHZ. If I still paid for Netflix, it would be between $35 and $40. At various times throughout the year, I will have a couple others on deals for like $2 a month...usually after Prime day or Black Friday for a few months. AMC is a bit more on their deals, like $5.49 (which is half price). I'm not sure there is anything on AMC that I want to see and haven't. They do have a ton of great shows, but I've seen them all.
