Streaming is renting, after all

[annavere]

After four times of Hulu hitting SGA with the expiring tag, only for nothing to ever happen, this time it is finally gone. Rather insultingly, it's still in My Stuff, it just has no episodes attached - I guess so I can remember what it was like to click on it and get the little buffering sign.

Time to start hunting on Ebay. Apologies to havocthecat, there's going to be a delay in my Stargate sojourn. :(

Of course, if I hadn't had Hulu, I wouldn't have given the show a try at all. But if I don't finish SGA now? I don't get to explore the fic and leave comments, or chat about it on DW, or accept a standing invite to a Discord server - and I spend a sad amount of time second guessing myself in social interactions. It's not something I feel adept at and I don't need a huge corporation shooting me in the foot when I am perfectly capable of doing it myself.

Found a commentary on Hulu's yo-yo treatment over at Gateworld, so I'm not the only one annoyed. Their recommendation was DVDs, which was my original plan when I got Hulu: Sample my way down my list of interesting options, earmark promising stuff for purchase, cut and wrap. I watch way too slowly to fit with the streaming model and if I could binge, this wouldn't have happened but it's really hard to fit into my days right now. This is clearly a sign.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Your comment about Hulu made me laugh. I think it's because they may get the rights back at some point and then restore it. Although I found this was quite common with items on my Amazon watchlist including, strangely enough, a series actually developed/owned by Amazon! Frustrating for sure.

[annavere]

Definitely frustrating! I think especially because it's not limited to only once or twice a year when licensing comes due - it's the constant threat of flux, making it hard to settle to a show. I ended up starting three shows and jumping between them because of the expiring tag on each. Not a very satisfying way (at least for me) to engage with long-form storytelling.