Disney Plus is in BIG Trouble (And They're Not Alone)

Disney Plus lost a lot of subscribers recently, but does it matter? In this video, I go over how streaming is changing. From Netflix to Hulu to Tubi, the landscape has to change.

[captainmidnight]

Do you cancel and resubscribe to streaming services often?

[jfwfreo]

One problem I think is that many streaming services focus too much on "how can we get new subscribers" and not enough on "how can we keep people from leaving".

[SquareNevada]

Weird how Netflix kinda went from being the poster child of "saving canceled shows and giving them a 2nd life", and now we're lucky if a show gets a 2nd season.

[Housewarmin]

I cannot tell you how frustrating it is to want to watch a show/movie, but I can't find which steaming service it's on.

[tesnacloud]

There is another problem here. Netflix was successful when most companies were fine with throwing their libraries onto it. When said companies saw the success of Netflix and Hulu, they pulled their stuff to put on their own service, simultaneously devaluing Netflix while also making their own libraries small and unappealing. It's why I don't have most of the streaming apps.

[mtallmen]

I don't think people will be nearly as tolerant of being forced to watch ads on a paid service as they were in the past now that they've had a taste of ad-free streaming. The genie is already out of the bottle.

[jorjor]

People told them this would happen and they didn’t listen. Paying for 5+ streaming services just to watch the things you want will always push people aways due to cost restrictions. Now, as mentioned, many people will pay for one at a time, binge the shows they want to watch and then cancel till something else comes along. That, or they resort to piracy which is much easier now as all shows are available through the internet making pirating a much easier thing to do. They dug their own grave.

[Critbuff]

Disney bumping up the annual subscription price by 30% to 40% was too much for my family’s budget to stomach.

[catholiccontriversy]

I remember thinking "this is movie quality, how can they do this for $8 a month ad free" when I first saw The Mandalorian. I guess the answer was "they can't."

[leroy]

This resembles the theater business model of the 1920s and 1930s where every studio had their own theaters. Then they realized it was cheaper to make the movies and have another company handle distribution. Customers also have choices when going to the theater.

[ReebSheeb]

If Disney creates their own free with ads service I’m BEGGING them to call it Disney-

[MitchCyan]

I can’t say I have any sympathy for them.

[Spacenugget]

One of the biggest issues with streaming services is that they make so much original "content" that the quality gets diluted and people give up, especially when shows that are actually good get cancelled and animation gets short shrift. That's without getting into specific IP issues e.g. messing with canon.

[jaimeerindy]

I work in TV Marketing and you're absolutely spot on. We had a consultant (an industry vet) tell us point blank last year: "The streaming model won't work. Viewers don't pay for TV. Advertisers pay for TV."

[Divinecomedy]

I think another aspect of this is the public getting exhausted by there being nine billion streaming services & they all want to charge you to see their one popular show. It gets ridiculous.

[silversongVR]

The reason I left cable services for streaming was the ungodly amount of commercials constantly interrupting the flow of the program I was watching. IF streaming services such as Netflix and Disney + go this route, well, they'll be driving away even more customers imo. I pay to not have commercials constantly thrown in my face, if that changes...well there are other "options" that won't benefit these companies.

[jamesshaw]

One thing that Disney plus really has a problem with is the fact that Disney is still holding its vault shut; there are several old shows I watched as a kid I wanted to rewatch, but couldn't find because Disney is being super stingy with its vault.

[shauncampbell]

Surprised you didn't mention censorship, why pay for a streaming service if they're just going to censor your favorite shows or block out certain episodes like community or sunny in Philadelphia.

[Raf]

I don't wanna be that kind of guy but MAN do i miss the days where there was only like.. Netflix. and that's all there was to it

[anteaterzhell]

This is literally why I recently started buying Blu-Ray and DVDs again, just got sick of movies and shows I wanted to watch not being on any of streaming services I had or being on there previously and getting removed its no longer that convenient with every company under the sun opening their own platform the market is completely over saturated. I predict a huge streaming industry crash within the next couple years there's no way this is sustainable for much longer.