• realcaseyrollinsOP
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    2 days ago

    I understood why. These people are used to having some control over the distribution method over their content. Universal owns USA, TruTV, NBC, but with streaming services replacing TV channels they probably want thay same level of control.

    Peacock failing makes no sense to me. People love to binge comedies and NBC has made tons of them. Especially since many of their shows (like The Office) were shows people got Netflix for, I’m interested in why people didn’t make the switch to Peacock.

    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Because after looking at my checking account and seeing Hulu, prime with various channels and Netflix every month, I bought a VPN yearly subscription and sail the high seas instead of adding another recurring charge for a service that will inevitably lose shows or splinter into yet another app