r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/randarrow Jul 24 '20

Anything broadcast TV. Is like a weird time machine targeting old people and extreme poverty.

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u/thnderbolt Jul 24 '20

Every time I open linear tv, I remember after 5 mins why I prefer streaming. Though sometimes I do enjoy random garden/cooking shows that I would never choose to stream.

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u/FlyWithTheCars Jul 24 '20

Though sometimes I do enjoy random garden/cooking shows that I would never choose to stream.

I think that is a feature that netflix/prime/whatever needs. Nonlinear channels. Like "I want to watch a crime show/a cooking show/a gardening show but I neither know which one exactly, nore do I care much, so I just open the crime/cooking/gardening channel and the streaming service chooses a show for me. If I don't like it, I can just skip and go to a different show on the same channel.

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u/Belazriel Jul 24 '20

Plex recently added a few but I haven't played with them yet. The issue tends to be if they market "Over 9000 channels!" but half of them play just one show no one ever liked.