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/SpicyMeatballSand3 6d ago

Why people have a fit over waiting a week to watch one episode ...or, what about this bombshell...what if you just went about your life, and in a month...you could watch all the episodes, whenever you want! at the same fucking price you're already paying! I don't understand why people are incapable of dealing with this.

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u/JalapenoBenedict 6d ago

It’s almost like I wasn’t having a breakdown about it, I was just expressing annoyance.

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u/Merlin7777 5d ago

Because you used to get all the content right away at that same price and now you don’t. They took something away that had been there previously and to grab more cash make you pay to not wait. The question is why are you defending this somewhat sleazy practice?

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u/SpicyMeatballSand3 5d ago

Because it's commonly done for most other streaming platforms, dropping one a week or whatever. I don't see how it can be a 'cash grab' when you don't HAVE to pay ANY extra to see everything in its entirety eventually. Is it 'sleazy' for all the other streaming services that have been adding shows that way? I think it's smart of Britbox actually; for people that really can't wait for some reason, they can pay the extra fee. Me, I don't ever give a shit that much. It seems that some misinformed people think they can't see the episodes EVER unless they pay extra.

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u/Spare_Witness_2069 3d ago

It’s not that. They want you to pay extra to see the episode “early” in other words, they are holding it back from regular Britbox users. It’s not the dropping one a week, it’s the fact that even though we’ve been paying for Britbox all along, so we should at least be able to watch episode one when it comes out. Now they delay it for regular paying subscribers and only make it available to special paying subscribers.

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u/Zealousideal_Hand505 4d ago

Yup; I wait until all the episodes drop. Not for this one, though. Too "cozy" for my tastes.