Because after looking at my checking account and seeing Hulu, prime with various channels and Netflix every month, I bought a VPN yearly subscription and sail the high seas instead of adding another recurring charge for a service that will inevitably lose shows or splinter into yet another app

[–] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not only that, but all those fragmented streaming services keep increasing prices.

You get more bang for you buck with services outside of peacock. Peacocks draw (at least for people I know) was old reruns of favourite shows. Even if you didn't want a VPN and a sail, you can buy the DVDs or bluerays.

Disney +, Netflix, Prime for all their issues, create new content that people want.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep, we’ve reached the point where it’s basically old cable pricing just split into chunks. Investing in a VPN and hard drive is cheaper and now I have all of those shows on demand forever.

Also great username, just made me realize I had read the first two books but never caught the third so maybe I’ll do that tomorrow instead of watching election horror

[–] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I'm late to reply here, but I hope you're reading instead of wallowing.

If I may,

Book 3 ties it all together nicely. If you enjoyed the trilogy, there are 3 stand-alone ones that follow.

Book 4 is good but sets up a lot of stuff

Book 5 is awesome because you get a lot of insight to the Northmen

Book 6 is great, no spoilers.