This is where services like Rdio (sigh), Spotify and Apple Music have done really well, in my opinion.
If I want to listen to some music, it’s practically guaranteed to be right there in the one music service I’m paying for.
If I want to watch a show or movie, there’s now a bunch of cognitive overhead going going on.
- Which app is it in?
- Do we have that one?
- Do we have a subscription?
- Wait, how do we navigate the UI in this app again?
- Why is there an ad? I thought we pay for this service!
- Oh, we don’t pay enough.
- Oh, this service is raising it’s monthly fee, again
For me, the creation of streaming music services completely stopped me from pirating music.
The current state of streaming video makes me want to pull out the old eye patch and take to the high seas again.
If I want to listen to some music, it’s practically guaranteed to be right there in the one music service I’m paying for.
If I want to watch a show or movie, there’s now a bunch of cognitive overhead going going on.
- Which app is it in?
- Do we have that one?
- Do we have a subscription?
- Wait, how do we navigate the UI in this app again?
- Why is there an ad? I thought we pay for this service!
- Oh, we don’t pay enough.
- Oh, this service is raising it’s monthly fee, again
For me, the creation of streaming music services completely stopped me from pirating music.
The current state of streaming video makes me want to pull out the old eye patch and take to the high seas again.