This is a hot load of shit.
My household purchased a yearly subscription to Crave as it contained all the Star Trek content and a bunch of HBO shows that my wife likes.
Removing this content will just mean my Plex server will go brrr a little more. I’m slightly inconvenienced, and Paramount+ and Crave just lost another subscriber. Big brain move by these services.
How did Paramount+ lose a subscriber in this scenario?
They lose a potential subscriber in us, and Crave loses a return subscriber
If Paramount+ acquiring the rights to shows that you like ensures that you’ll never be a subscriber, I suspect that potential was never really there…
Option A had everything in one place (they weren’t just after Trek) for a single cost. Splitting platforms and increasing user costs while decreasing user convenience has now cost them income.
It’s already bullshit that Crave and Bell own the rights to a shit ton of stuff up here through being the main media conglomerate. I got Crave through Cogeco as a bonus to our cable package and honestly, anything that’s worth watching on the service is likely either an HBO original or something that’s worth permanently downloading.
I actually can’t even use the Crave browser client properly on most of my machines due to adblocking. In order to watch SNW last week I had to install Crave as an Android app through Windows Subsystem for Android in order to actually gain access to the library. At that point it’s just worth it for me to straight up torrent it because it’s just simply not worth the hassle on top of shifting media rights.
You certainly tried a lot harder than I did. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if HBO allowed us to buy just HBO I’d have paid up.
Glad we’ve kept the CTV Sci-fi Channel on Bell Fibe even if I have to wait until 9 pm Thursdays for new episodes.
Between Trek and the Syfy originals, it’s still one of the main places for new television for us.
I’m thinking about kicking the tires on Paramount+, but I really wish it was possible to browse their library first.
Here’s a possible workaround - JustWatch offers a listing of all tv shows and movies on Paramount+.
I seem to be able to do this from my browser without setting up an account. With country set to Canada, I see that there are 708 titles.
It just sends me to a sign-in page!
Strange, it works for me when I’m not logged in… want me to read it to you?
Yes, please. Canadian availability only, and imitate the lead actors whenever possible
Soo I ooctually trood oot wooth a VPN and indood goot a soon-oon pooge.
I also pay for CTV SciFi. They currently have all of Prodigy available on their website, along with pretty much every thing else new.
So, like, Prodigy? No? Then fail. If I’m gonna pay for a streaming service, just for Star Trek, which I am entirely willing to do, but it darn well better have all of it. Take my money, but earn it!
Fuck this Ferengi “we need all the profit” nonsense, especially given what Star Trek is about. I’m not paying for another service. The only thing these companies are doing is making piracy a more appealing option again.
