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Subscription Fatigue: Look at what streaming services have become for consumers.
Around 2015 I was part of the population that decided to cancel their cable subscription. The thought of paying over $125 each for a service I don’t use felt absurd. I only had time to watch cable TV either if I stayed up late after work or on the weekends if I didn’t have anything to do.
I want to cancel my subscription because I thought to myself “If I can save $75-$125 a month, that would be clutch”
At that time I was really into The Walking Dead (AMC) and Game of Thrones (HBO). Both required a cable subscription and HBO carried a premium channel price. Getting rid of cable at this time caused a dilemma because both shows were at their peak and just the fear of missing out caused a bit of anixety 😬. Either way I went through with it.
Now that I was cable free I figured I would start paying for my TV programming a la carte. I knew for sure I was winning when I bought a HBO subscription, but I also bought a Netflix subscription. So now I’m at bout $20/month. Far less than what I was paying previously, I had HBO and during this time Netflix alot of the same shows found on cable became available just after the season the was over.
Fast forward to now……I’m almost back to where I started. Now that companies like Disney and NBC are pulling their content from platforms like Hulu and Netflix to launch their own streaming service. The costs added to existing services I own are likely to ballon. I gotta get Disney+. Lol
It all adds up
FOMO vs budget, FOMO can get expensive. For instance take John. John cut the cord and decided to purchase streaming services instead because he believes it’s cheaper. *In some cases it is , especially if you share accounts but I feel companies are starting to circumvent that. Anyway, here’s what John pays for
Spotify Family plan – $14
HBO – $14
Amazon Prime includes streaming content – $12
Netflix – $15.99
Hulu – $6 or if he wants live TV he can pay $44
Damn, if you add live TV he’s already at $99
