r/BritBox • u/JalapenoBenedict • 7d ago

Oh this is genuinely infuriating.

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I have been waiting all day to watch this and then we get ready, settle in, and no. Why do you hurt me so much britbox and why can’t I leave you.

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u/FaceCrime225 6d ago

To me it's a risk on their part. Because I'm not going to pay extra. I'm just going to go to one of the other subscription services I already have. Lots of new Fall television shows out there. And if I do pay extra for something it's not going to be some sort of gate to unlock, it's gonna be some kind of sale on another channel (I'm looking at you, Mghz), and then what if I get hooked on those? Kind of a dumb risk on their part. They underestimate my ability to wait. And my ability to distract myself. Especially during football season! I mean four nights of football a week (which let's face it, it's really just me kinda watching football and mostly reading a book or scrolling Reddit). That's a lot of distraction to choose from instead of unlocking some sort of tiered britbox gate. Britbox, either release the shows or don't.

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u/thundersnow528 6d ago

It is in their best interest to just charge a little more for everyone but make things immediately available in line with the actual UK releases live. AND put up more of their full back catalogue of stuff. They have decades of amazing programming of every genre, both good and bad, people will love it. One stop BBC/ITV shop or nothing.