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Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it? (www.theatlantic.com)
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Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?::What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Streaming services need to be federated, so there is a central search for content, and services are paid seamlessly for what's watched on their platforms. The customer barely needs to know who delivers the content.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I use JustWatch, I like it well enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't Roku, Comcast STB, and other OTT devices do just that? You speak into the remote or search. It spits out all possible streaming options to choose from, preferencing the services you have accounts or subscriptions for?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Comcast does it for sure. It's the only way I can get my parents to use streaming services. When they don't know they are doing it. It's expensive as hell, but it does work well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

My Samsung TV kind of let's you do that by searching though the TVs UI and it telling you if and where it's available. I rarely use it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Are you asking for usage based billing?