Favourite streaming platform?

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Hodgies

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We've got Netflix and Prime plus I've got 6 months free BritBox through my phone contract.

Netflix has the easiest interface, has enough to keep us all interested and the kids watch it all the the time and would miss it I think. Prime just isn't as user friendly but as I mainly have Prime for the postage, it's a good add on. Surprisingly loving BritBox though and might well keep it going once my freebie is up as it has loads of things I'd like to watch and the lack of adverts is great!

I use BBC iplayer a lot but not so much ITV, C4 and C5 as the adverts drive me insane so it has to be something I really want to watch to make me bother.

Husband talks about getting Disney+ but another monthly cost puts us off.
 
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Warpaint

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Bitofthebubbly said:
Had Netflix for years but cancelled a couple of months ago as we just weren’t watching it enough and it kept getting more and more expensive, think we were paying £15 a month in the end when we started on something like £6. I also agree that it’s not as good as it used to be, too many ‘own brand’ Netflix projects that get cancelled after 2 seasons, or films that are crap whilst all the good stuff gets removed. Only really kept it for the kids but they haven’t missed it either.

We have Disney+, paid up for the year to get the discount. It’s actually pretty good to be fair. There’s loads on there for kids which goes without saying, but since they added Star there’s a fair bit for adults now too, and you’ve got the Marvel universe if that’s your thing. It’s surprisingly good for what you pay tbf.

We currently have a trial of Apple TV and it’s really shit. Not found a single thing on there worth watching.

We mooch off the in laws’ Amazon account and that’s the same, apart from Grand Tour and Clarksons farm we haven’t really watched anything on there. What pisses me off about Amazon is when you see something that looks good, click on it only to find that you have to buy or rent it to watch because it’s not included with prime.

Cinema HD, free, can find pretty much anything on there. But the downside is it’s illegal streaming so use at your own risk. I love it personally. Means I can watch shows that aren’t available in the uk like Young Rock which I loved.

Tbf the likes of bbc iplayer, itv hub and all4 all get used a lot too. Loads of content and they’re free to use. Much prefer streaming services and being able to cancel when ever I feel like, rather than being tied to a contract with Sky or Virgin and paying through the nose for a million channels that I’ll never watch. It’s eye watering what my in laws and my parents pay for their Sky/Virgin packages.
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I'd love all4, ITV, CH4 if it wasn't for the adverts. There's so many it just kills whatever you're watching.
 
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Warpaint

Warpaint

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I have mainly used Netflix over the years. Dabbled with the free Prime but didn't think it was worth paying for every month

With Netflix I find I can go months on end with nothing really to watch and I kind of keep it out of habit.

Never tried any of the others are they any good? Disney (possibly too niche), Britbox (I've heard a lot of the shows are repeated on terrestrial anyway)

Those are the only main one I know, I'm sure there must be more
 
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WilmaHun

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I mainly use Netflix and Amazon Prime. I wouldn't be fussed about renewing prime again though tbh.

I get a lot of use out of the All4 and BBC iPlayer apps. The My5 app I found to be terrible constant freezing or it would just play adverts on loop.
 
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1001 others

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We weren't very impressed with Netflix.

We do have Amazon Prime, which I'm 50/50 on ... don't love it enough to watch it everyday, but would miss it if we got rid of it (which we did, and we did).

We're trialing Neon at the moment (it's a NZ channel similar to Australia's Stan channel). That seems to be the best out of the lot, although it has weird little annoyances (such as, you can't view more than 50 items on your watchlist - you can keep adding as many shows as you like, but once you hit 50 you just won't be able to find them).

We also have Sky, which is kind of a necessity as we rely on the box to get any channels at all (we don't have smart TVs).
 
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Damagedtime

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We started a free trial to britbox for a few old detective dramas, so far we've been binging our way through inspector Morse. I don't know if we will keep the subscription after 30 days.
 
MrsM19

MrsM19

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Snippysnips said:
I don't think that works on the TV though, it's the only time I watch YouTube is on the TV, I've found if you push back then go back on the video it sometimes stops the add from coming on
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I wasn't thinking from a tv.
Old school me watch YouTube using a laptop or mobile.
 
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LaurieLaurie

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I think Prime is good value.. You get TV, music etc and delivery for less than Netflix.

My daughter uses Netflix everyday but I’m not very keen.
 
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reeaaadhoney

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Warpaint said:
I have mainly used Netflix over the years. Dabbled with the free Prime but didn't think it was worth paying for every month

With Netflix I find I can go months on end with nothing really to watch and I kind of keep it out of habit.

Never tried any of the others are they any good? Disney (possibly too niche), Britbox (I've heard a lot of the shows are repeated on terrestrial anyway)

Those are the only main one I know, I'm sure there must be more
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I used to love Netflix
But it’s just not as good as it used to be now. We use prime also in our house, but we only have it as it’s a part of the prime deal we signed up to for free postage. I hate the interface and the navigation.
 
Snippysnips

Snippysnips

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Am mostly on YouTube, not paying for it but I'll still get annoyed with the amount of adds on it lol, parents use netflix a lot but for me I can't really find anything on it, I'll use amazon prime when it gives me the freebie trial but mostly all I pay for is disney plus, little neice likes mickey an I like it for the simpsons, usually use a vpn on the sites as well so I can access other country's versions, was handy when disney plus only had season 31 of simpsons on the American site, watched that whole season before it even come to the UK, usually I'll snoop around the net an find sites with stuff to watch as well, managed to watch some hbo stuff free
 
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Yel

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Never had Disney and no interest. Apple TV I cancelled after the trial ended and only watched defending Jacob and the morning show.

I have Amazon and Netflix which seems like more than enough.

If it counts YouTube red I what I use the most even if they've given up on the exclusive content and it's now just ad free YouTube.

Keep getting tempted to try curiosity stream, but also quite want to boycott it with all the creators always advertising it so much 😆
 
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Bitofthebubbly

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Had Netflix for years but cancelled a couple of months ago as we just weren’t watching it enough and it kept getting more and more expensive, think we were paying £15 a month in the end when we started on something like £6. I also agree that it’s not as good as it used to be, too many ‘own brand’ Netflix projects that get cancelled after 2 seasons, or films that are crap whilst all the good stuff gets removed. Only really kept it for the kids but they haven’t missed it either.

We have Disney+, paid up for the year to get the discount. It’s actually pretty good to be fair. There’s loads on there for kids which goes without saying, but since they added Star there’s a fair bit for adults now too, and you’ve got the Marvel universe if that’s your thing. It’s surprisingly good for what you pay tbf.

We currently have a trial of Apple TV and it’s really shit. Not found a single thing on there worth watching.

We mooch off the in laws’ Amazon account and that’s the same, apart from Grand Tour and Clarksons farm we haven’t really watched anything on there. What pisses me off about Amazon is when you see something that looks good, click on it only to find that you have to buy or rent it to watch because it’s not included with prime.

Cinema HD, free, can find pretty much anything on there. But the downside is it’s illegal streaming so use at your own risk. I love it personally. Means I can watch shows that aren’t available in the uk like Young Rock which I loved.

Tbf the likes of bbc iplayer, itv hub and all4 all get used a lot too. Loads of content and they’re free to use. Much prefer streaming services and being able to cancel when ever I feel like, rather than being tied to a contract with Sky or Virgin and paying through the nose for a million channels that I’ll never watch. It’s eye watering what my in laws and my parents pay for their Sky/Virgin packages.
 
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