Too many services at ridiculous price; Struggling to stream movies, shows

     What is the deal with the millions of streaming services that are on the market today? If you want to watch a movie, you first have to find out where it’s located. Is it on Netflix? No. Hulu? Nope. HBO Max? Not there. Oh, found it. It’s listed on Prime Video for 3.99 to rent.

     All these services, and the movies you want to watch aren’t even on them. Even if you were to pay for at least five or six  services, you’re going to be paying at least $100 a month to watch a movie or show every now and then. The prices have only been rising, too. At this point, it might be better to pirate media.

      Just kidding, don’t do that. It’s illegal.

     There’s one thing that Hulu does that is so frustrating. Google will tell you that this show you are looking for is available on Hulu, great! Actually no, it’s on a Showtime add-on that you have to pay extra for. They bundle themselves with Hulu, but you still have to buy it. That’s so stupid.

     Unless you are an avid watcher of  a TV series or movie, it’s not worth it to be paying for all of this by yourself. Sharing the service with friends or family members is a way better option, and makes it cheaper for yourself and others.

     Did you know that there’s over 50 streaming services in America alone? What is the need for so many? They should just put all these services together into one. About 87% of American households use streaming services as of 2022, according to sportspromedia.com. That’s an insane amount of people. About nine of ten households own a streaming service.

     Sometimes people will be talking about some crazy good show but since you don’t own this specific program, you have to miss out on it. It’s nice to be able to watch a show or movie every now and then, but needing to look through so many programs just to find something worthy to watch is boring. Sometimes, it will ruin the mood of even watching anything at all.

     But the thing is, having services where we can just find some TV show to watch and being able to finish them in one day is kind of a blessing. You couldn’t do that before, unless you had the show on DVD. But now you can just pick out a random show that interests you and watch it, and if you don’t like it, you can just drop it and find something else in a few minutes.

     As much as it is crazy that we have to pay so much for this, what would we do without it? Everything is just so convenient. Why should picking a movie be so frustrating sometimes?