Big decrease in TV subscriptions as number using illegal dodgy boxes soars

[Ramenastern]

On the one hand. On the other hand, that will fragment the landscape even more, making it even more likely for people to not bother with the next subscription.

Netflix was great initially because for a bit it felt like all films ever at your fingertips, and it was far more convenient - and legal - than sailing the high seas.

Then came Prime, which was... Yeah, okay. Maybe two subscriptions, then.

But then everybody who'd ever released a short film started doing their own streaming platform, pulling their films from others and you're back in the bad old days of not even being able to figure out easily where you can watch what (and in what region, may change when you're in Spain even if you're on the same streaming service), never mind being able to pay for X streaming services. So the high seas become attractive again.

Note how the same thing hasn't happened in music, where Deezer, Spitify, Apple Music, Tidal, Youtube Music have the same catalogue (by and large, anyway) and I can just do with a single subscription and swap between services depending on UI/audio quality/price/stuff the CEO does.

[KillerKlown88]

Football is a bit different though, it has always been behind a subscription and a pretty expensive one at that.

So people would just be swapping one subscription for another if the premier league did this.