Nearly 75% of Americans are frustrated that the streaming platform they subscribe to keeps raising their prices. With 40% having cut back their streaming subscriptions in the last three months due to financial concerns and rising costs of living.
These companies continue to raise prices, hoping inertia will prevent most people from switching. This is true not only for streaming sites but also for all these platforms.
We need to move away from businesses that exploit their monopolies and try to get your content or goods directly, where possible.
Some alternatives you can check out…
Media:
- Nebula
- Dropout TV
- Corridor Digital
Music:
- Qobuz (buy directly from artists)
- Soundcloud (artist-driven)
- Bandcamp (buy directly from artists)
The same principle applies to Uber, Amazon and many others.
My wife uses it occasionally bouncing between Disney and mine.
I did warn her that once our credit card benefits expire for Disney plus, I won’t pay for it.
However, I’ve already migrated her to Bitwarden and YubiKeys so mine is receptive of better security and open source alternatives.
Thankfully she’s pretty anti corporate and manages to keep up with the ever shifting target of digital sovereignty.
She also works far from the home during the week and has her own apartment… Which means that Disney does ban her occasionally due to mismatched IP address. Which further the cause of Jellyfin.
The MIL has jellyfin but I hardly see her use it.