With the recent introduction of Disney+, a lot of people have been considering whether yet another streaming service is necessary for customers or even worth subscribing to.
The streaming service launched in early November and has since seen a lot of subscriptions. It has gained popularity among fans and critics to the point of multiple website crashes in the first few days it was available due to the massive influx of users.
Disney+ offers customers a wide variety of TV shows and movies from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and even National Geographic. At $6.99 a month, Disney+ is just over Hulu’s $6, making it the second cheapest streaming service currently.
The real question is whether this is a worthy cost or merely another way for streaming services to rack up money. With a variety of streaming services available including Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and now Disney+, the amount of money customers spend on these services constantly goes up, especially with the rising cost of the individual platforms.
While Disney+ has a number of movies and TV shows that are not available anywhere else, the majority of the streaming services also offer exclusive content. The fact that every platform boasts different content is one of the biggest issues with having multiple streaming services. If someone wants to watch specific shows or movies but they’re only available on certain sites, customers end up subscribing to multiple, if not all, of the sites available. This ends up being a huge cost to customers as the cost of individual sites quickly adds up to $20-30 a month, at least.
While many worry about the rising costs and growing number of streaming services, many are still excited about the new addition, because of the content that hasn’t been available on other platforms until now.
For example, Disney+ has been able to draw some long-time Disney fans in with access to some particularly old classics like 1973’s Robin Hood and Disney’s particularly memorable retelling of the beloved character from Italian children’s literature in 1940’s Pinocchio.
Despite the worries of some customers about the growing number of services, it is obvious that new services, such as Disney+, continue to prove popular with customers as the site surpassed 10 million subscribers in the first day alone.
While we worry about the cost of such sites and the effects it will have on traditional media, these services are seeing no decrease in willing subscribers. It is clear to see that the popularity of these services will, for the time being, continue to outweigh the concerns.
