It's unavoidable...Hulu to charge in 2010!

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Supreme Admiral, Oct 22, 2009.

  1. Supreme Admiral

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    Unbelievable! I knew this was going to happening.
     
  2. Mr. B

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    Yeah, good luck with that.
     
  3. JuanBolio

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    Never fails. Anything good that starts out free will start charging. Happened with Juno, happened with NetZero, now this.
     
  4. Locutus of Bored

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    I don't know. The plan so far, if you can even call it that, is rather vague and speculative. If they limit the pay features to Hulu mobile, specially created content, and episode previews (by that I assume they mean viewing the entire episode well before the airdate instead of just a clip of an upcoming episode, because who would pay for that?), that doesn't seem too bad.

    But if they start trying to charge for viewing commercial television shows after the airdate, they're shooting themselves in the foot. But it doesn't seem, from this announcement at least, that they have any plans to change that so far. Just stick to showing them with commercials.
     
  5. Lindley

    Lindley Moderator with a Soul Premium Member

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    If it's something like the Premium Memberships here---a small fee in exchange for no commercials---then it could work. Needs to be optional, though.
     
  6. Guartho

    Guartho Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Hey, I hate the idea of hulu charging, but that sounds good. I love my netflix instant-watching for instance. But, I'd hate paying for multiple services so that way I wouldn't have to.
     
  7. Locutus of Bored

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    Yeah, that would seem to be the most sensible option.
     
  8. mtblillie

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    Yeah I knew that was going to happen, I just don't understand why.

    I mean internet is becoming the future of all media, why can't it just be like how we watch TV? They can get ratings and sell advertisements on the website just like how they do on TV, maybe even more efficiently.

    Why does it always have to be about money? Like they don't have enough or something.
    It's not like it's easier or really any cheaper to watch it on the internet anyway so what difference does it make?
     
  9. Alpha_Geek

    Alpha_Geek Commodore Commodore

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    Bullshite. They could put more ads in and keep the service free to the consumer. Of course that would mean more work for their sales staff...:rolleyes:
     
  10. Joshua Howard

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    Hulu is just cool enough for me to frequent it for free. If they started charging for sitewide material, I wouldn't buy it. After all, if I want to pay for my entertainment, I'll either sign up for cable or go pay cash for DVDs that I have an actual specific desire to watch.
     
  11. RandyS

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    Next thing you know, Youtube will start charging.
     
  12. Robert Maxwell

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    If they start charging for the shows I watch, I simply won't watch them anymore.
     
  13. Supreme Admiral

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    You and me both, The Dead Nations! I find it unbelievable that they're going to charging for the shows coming next year, so that left me no choice but to abandon Hulu if they decide to charging.
     
  14. TheBrew

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    I would pay around $10 a month for this. Much more and it makes more sense for me to get cable.
     
  15. Starbreaker

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    The whole point of Hulu is to watch high quality programming (with ads) instead of instead of relying on piracy. I seriously doubt they're going to start charging for basic service.
     
  16. Davros

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    Same here
     
  17. Kelso

    Kelso Vice Admiral Admiral

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    So, it is both unbelievable and expected?

    ;)
     
  18. Supreme Admiral

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    You got me, Kelso.
     
  19. enlisted person

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    Isn't it amazing that no online place can do what analog TV did for years. Give free media with the pay coming from advertising dollars.
     
  20. Locutus of Bored

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