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Old and jaded!

Pirating had reduced, relatively because of the pricing of streaming services. If the number of streaming services will increase, then I can see piracy increasing.

Look at Spotify and music. I don't know anyone who pirates music now because streaming is so much cheaper and convenient.

But looks like the big studio moguls just don't learn their lesson. Price it just right and you'll seriously minimise piracy plus you'll rope in more subscribers.

Try PlutoTV, if you haven't yet. It's 100% free with a reasonable frequency of ads. Doesn't even require a login to try out. They've got an app on most platforms, including game consoles. Registering a free account with them allows you to customize the channel guide, so you can hide content you don't watch or don't want kids to watch.

Traditional live TV is something I generally only use for background noise, so PlutoTV is great for a free service to complement Prime Video and others that offer the exact content I want to pay for.

Netflix and YoutubeTV, DirectvNow, Sling, etc., really aren't the same thing even if the method of delivery is. I am not interested in paying for live TV streaming so I use OTA instead. Most of what I watch on OTA is news. But for original on demand content, I do prefer Netflix, Amazon Video, and HBO. It's convenient and ready for streaming when I am ready for watching it. It's not censored like OTA and it doesn't have adverts. I don't care for bluray discs because I watch something once and move on. I do agree that Netflix price increases are getting out of control. But on demand original sources really aren't that many when you exclude live tv streaming. I will probably keep (1) Netflix, Amazon (included with my prime), HBO (only seasonally for GoT), (2) Hulu ($1/mo), and come November, (3) Disney+.

As for paying per episodes or seasons, I see no value there either. Like others have said, I wait until the season is complete and I subscribe for a month and binge complete seasons. cheaper IMO. My biggest complaints are the rising internet service prices. My 24 month contract with Cox Communications expired for 150/10 service ($58.99), now $93/mo . 36% increase and they still have a Monopoly in my town.

I enjoy watching your videos. They are so informative.

Could you please put on a video on Using Netgear Nighthawk X10 Router as Plex media server… and please also give info on how many concurrent streams or transcodes it can handle at a time as well as if it can handle LiveTV and how.

I'd really appreciate it.

Great show! Glad you had a good experience at the launch! In person it's crazy real scary surround sound!

I agree Netflix is getting too expensive. I've been a subscriber of Netflix from their beginning when they did DVD mailings. I sunscribe to their 4k service but I don't watch it much anymore. However, my wife and kids watch it a bunch so I might lower my subscription to 1080p to save a couple of bucks per month. The thing with Netflix is they make it super easy for non techies to find and watch their shows. In fact, our TV remote has a Netflix button on it as many remotes do nowadays. One pro for me about Netflix is they don't charge per episode.

I also have Amazon prime video as part of my subscription and while it's nice to be able to pay to watch a movie it's annoying to have to pay $2 on up for each episode of something as simple as HGTV episodes.

I also have Hulu because it came for free with my Sprint cellular phone service but we rarely watch hulu because we usually don't have enough time to watch anymore shows. "Streaming overload"

I too would like to watch the latest star trek without signing up for CBS streaming service. Again "streaming overload!"

I think tonight I'll just watch my free tv channels over my free rooftop antenna! Or maybe read a book. 😊

My 2 cents worth on streaming. 😎

I do the same thing with Netflix!! Haha

Get use to it, Netflix ain't going nowhere ,there Quality of shows make you subscribe $16 is not a make or breaking point . I am not a Star Wars or Disney fan. For the reason abc and Disney bored

Yeah, I end up watching Star Trek TNG instead of watching something new because I don't want to search for new stuff.
The only reason I'm sticking with YouTube TV is that everything I watch I have recorded and so far I've been able to scrub through commercials. I don't subscribe to cable TV.

As far as your comments on Netflix and all the other streaming services, I have to say I'm as stymied as the next guy. Even my local cable company, Spectrum, now offers a streaming service. Buying shows by the episode doesn't make a lot of financial sense either. Let's take your typical HBO series, with 10 episodes per season or so. The normal price is about $2 an episode, and frankly I just watch them once. I can just as easily wait for the end of the season, pay for a one-month subscription, usually $15 or less, and watch them on demand. If I'm smart about it, I can wait until the end of the year and watch all of their series I like for that year in that one month. Maybe you should do a series on this subject?

Hey Lon, great video. Just tried searching for your video where you talked about your weight loss using technology, can't seem to find it, hope you'll send me the link. Keep up the good work!

Really enjoy your channel Lon.

Philo has been ok Lon.

Modern NAS are absolutely servers. There is no question about it.

Philo ($16/month), sling TV Blue ($25/month) and Fubo TV (overpriced) are all ESPN free.

Regarding the "ala carte" services, until they offer a true choice in which channels you want I refuse to use these services or go beyond the trial period. It's so ridiculous that customers are bullied into paying for channels that if things don't change, then I see a couple of things will happen:

1) more Youtube livestreaming of copyrighted material than what's currently going on now
OR
2) people will seek out the shady sites that offer the premium content for free.

On one hand, I don't condone doing either option, but on the other hand these network providers are giving people little choice that I can't blame them.

Was at the KSC a couple of years ago and do not remember SpaceX Merch, I would have bought some. When I was in high school you were able to go into the VAB and other actual locations.

We're at the point where the companies see streaming as a bit of a gold rush, but only for the big players who can afford to hang in there and possibly lose money until they can starve their smaller competitors who got in early. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. I'm reaching a point where I don't particularly like much of what's on TV and find the commercials to be especially obnoxious. I've stayed focused on obtaining a decent media library, primarily by a renewed interest in DVD and Blu-ray due to many good deals out there along with a lack of personal interest in high-end, high-resolution TVs and other home theater gear(I don't care about 4K anything or HDR). I'll be just fine if I cut out all paid, monthly video services at this point, provided I back up well. As for Disney, I consider myself lucky that I did not like what they did with Star Wars, so I won't be considering their streaming service. Any big franchise is only as good as the people who made it. I find modern storytelling misses the mark for me, so I stick with the original trilogy of Star Wars and various older movies and shows that I never tire of watching. As you say, Lon, it's like comfort food. There is a real difference in the philosophy behind the way shows were made back in the day compared to now. Good luck to you figuring it all out.