I suspect that we're going to start to see bundling of the various streaming silos, in much the same way that we saw bundling of premium cable channels during the height of cable television.
I love that we are living in a time of peak tv, but all the various silos are super frustrating to keep up with. There are even more streamers you left out, like Apple TV+, which I found to be a huge letdown, content-wise.
Personally, HBO Max is my favorite streaming service. I love watching Chowder, The Eds, Courage, etc. on there.
Disney+ is my second favorite, because it has Gargoyles (Which I've been watching for the first time) and The Mandalorian, along with shows I grew up with like Out of the Box, The Book of Pooh, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Timon and Pumbaa, and Goof Troop.
I do also love Hulu, since they have the Spielberg/WB shows (Aside from Freakazoid, which they unfortunately don't have), as well as Futurama
Netflix I havent really watched their Original Series yet (Aside from Green Eggs and Ham, which I love), but ive heard good things about Bojack Horseman, Hilda, and Glitch Techs, to name a few
CBS All Access I do enjoy. I love that they recently added Little Bear and Blues Clues onto there, though while I do consider myself a Nickelodeon fan, I'm more of a Disney and Cartoon Network guy (Though I do love some Nick shows like Blues Clues, Little Bear, Avatar, SpongeBob, Hey Arnold, and Invader ZIM)
I don't have Amazon Prime. Ive watched stuff on Amazon, but only stuff ive purchased digitally from Amazon like Jungle Cubs and 101 Dalmatians: The Series
Very informative! I didn't know about the history of some of these streaming services so this was quite an education for me. I have Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Disney+ out of these. Also I currently have HBO Max for one month. I think Netflix and HBO Max have the best libraries so far. I actually don't find Hulu that impressive with movies, just with TV, although it does have the Lord of the Rings films. For some reason, HBO Max and Hulu both have the Lord of the Rings films, although HBO Max also has the Hobbit films.
Amazon Prime does have a lot of indie and obscure movies though. I honestly use that mostly for the free shipping, the video collection is just a plus like you said. Disney+ is kinda disappointing since there isn't much original content so far and it's been a year now. Most of the movies I would watch I already own on DVD or Blu-Ray so I don't need Disney+ for that. On top of that, most of the TVs in my household can't play Disney+ so it's not convenient to watch it either. It's been best for watching old Disney TV shows which they never released on DVD (although it's still missing the Aladdin and Tarzan shows) or live-action Walt Disney films I never got the chance to see although it's still missing a lot of those too.
Peacock I get free with my TV service but it's really disappointing so far.
I find that I end up spending more time searching for something to watch than time spent actually watching any programming...
I suspect that we're going to start to see bundling of the various streaming silos, in much the same way that we saw bundling of premium cable channels during the height of cable television.
I love that we are living in a time of peak tv, but all the various silos are super frustrating to keep up with. There are even more streamers you left out, like Apple TV+, which I found to be a huge letdown, content-wise.
Personally, HBO Max is my favorite streaming service. I love watching Chowder, The Eds, Courage, etc. on there.
Disney+ is my second favorite, because it has Gargoyles (Which I've been watching for the first time) and The Mandalorian, along with shows I grew up with like Out of the Box, The Book of Pooh, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Timon and Pumbaa, and Goof Troop.
I do also love Hulu, since they have the Spielberg/WB shows (Aside from Freakazoid, which they unfortunately don't have), as well as Futurama
Netflix I havent really watched their Original Series yet (Aside from Green Eggs and Ham, which I love), but ive heard good things about Bojack Horseman, Hilda, and Glitch Techs, to name a few
CBS All Access I do enjoy. I love that they recently added Little Bear and Blues Clues onto there, though while I do consider myself a Nickelodeon fan, I'm more of a Disney and Cartoon Network guy (Though I do love some Nick shows like Blues Clues, Little Bear, Avatar, SpongeBob, Hey Arnold, and Invader ZIM)
I don't have Amazon Prime. Ive watched stuff on Amazon, but only stuff ive purchased digitally from Amazon like Jungle Cubs and 101 Dalmatians: The Series
Very informative! I didn't know about the history of some of these streaming services so this was quite an education for me. I have Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Disney+ out of these. Also I currently have HBO Max for one month. I think Netflix and HBO Max have the best libraries so far. I actually don't find Hulu that impressive with movies, just with TV, although it does have the Lord of the Rings films. For some reason, HBO Max and Hulu both have the Lord of the Rings films, although HBO Max also has the Hobbit films.
Amazon Prime does have a lot of indie and obscure movies though. I honestly use that mostly for the free shipping, the video collection is just a plus like you said. Disney+ is kinda disappointing since there isn't much original content so far and it's been a year now. Most of the movies I would watch I already own on DVD or Blu-Ray so I don't need Disney+ for that. On top of that, most of the TVs in my household can't play Disney+ so it's not convenient to watch it either. It's been best for watching old Disney TV shows which they never released on DVD (although it's still missing the Aladdin and Tarzan shows) or live-action Walt Disney films I never got the chance to see although it's still missing a lot of those too.
Peacock I get free with my TV service but it's really disappointing so far.