I have a free 1 year with Verizon. I watched the Mandelorian--it's average, at best and half of the new Aladdin. It's 99.9% re-runs for me. Won't be renewing my subscription. I've watched 5 shows from AppleTV+ and I pay for it monthly. Definitely renewing.
l’d have a minor interest in The Mandalorian, but baby Yoda (big eye roll) isn’t a big enough draw for me to subscribe.
When Netflix captured season 6 of Star Wars The Clone Wars, that put me over the edge and I became a Netflix subscriber. So, when season 7 is released it’s going to be hard for me and my son to resist. But after watching season 7, and The Mandalorian too I suppose, I’ll be leaning toward cancellation. But then there’s that Obi Wan limited series ...
I’ve really enjoyed AppleTV+ so far. We’ll see how well the new upcoming content does over time.
I'm looking forward to Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Wanda Vision might be well worth watching too. Disney is being smart about this. By the time many viewers have watched the existing shows for the most part they'll roll out another compelling series, assuming you're a Marvel fan, and two months later another one. If they can do new rollouts quarterly they can become the new HBO with a little luck. Lots of great catalog stuff and enough new content to keep the audience satisfied enough to keep paying.
The Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars stuff were enough to get me to subscribe. The tons of other content keeps me watching between show seasons. This is where AppleTV+ is really at a disadvantage and they’ll need to acquire a large library of quality content to remain a player. I could see them buying one or two studios to get a sufficient library of titles.
I signed up at launch because of "The Mandolorian". When the season ended, I watched every Marvel, Star Wars, and Disney movie I had any interest in. So now what? I haven't watched anything else since. No original programming that I'm interested in has debuted so I guess I'm going to cancel my subscription and start up again when the "new" stuff arrives.
As much as there are complaints about Netflix and the library they have, it's the only streaming subscription that I have ongoing, besides Apple TV+. They are always putting out original content and I always find something to watch. I just finished an excellent series, "Giri/Haji", I've discovered "Schitt's Creek, I've enjoyed 2 seasons of "Lost in Space" -- not perfect, but enjoyable, finished "The Witcher", and just started some new shows called "October Faction", "The Stranger", and "Ragnarok". Other favorites include "You", "Sex Education", "The Magicians", "The Umbrella Academy", "Mindhunter". That's a pretty decent list.
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As much as there are complaints about Netflix and the library they have, it's the only streaming subscription that I have ongoing, besides Apple TV+. They are always putting out original content and I always find something to watch. I just finished an excellent series, "Giri/Haji", I've discovered "Schitt's Creek, I've enjoyed 2 seasons of "Lost in Space" -- not perfect, but enjoyable, finished "The Witcher", and just started some new shows called "October Faction", "The Stranger", and "Ragnarok". Other favorites include "You", "Sex Education", "The Magicians", "The Umbrella Academy", "Mindhunter". That's a pretty decent list.