Failed Streaming Services

[@RandomSageless]

KZbin did the thing where it promotes low view videos and I think this is one of the rare times where it recommended something decent, reminds me of something I'd watch in 2013, which i feel could really work well if done perfectly.

[@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL]

Oh you know I'm bringin back those 2013 days

[@EvanDoesDev]

For real most of the videos I’m recommended are low quality videos but this one was like one of the first times ones actually good

[@oddfox6776]

For real tho, i really appreciate youtube recommending low viewed videos, it doesnt only give a better chance for new creators to join the platform, but also gives us viewers a better chance at finding good content 😉

[@ladyblackstar4260]

It’s giving early jontron

[@devcrom3]

​@@ladyblackstar4260minus the racism and anti semitism.

[@justyourbud]

it's hilariously sad that piracy is the only thing that can preserve media these days

[@temperanceplaysgenshin]

I see a good show, I pirate it and archive it. It's probably going to cost me a lot of money in HDDs but it's worth it in the end because there is a very big chance that up to 40-50% of all content will be inacessible in a few years given that a large chunk of streaming services are not profitable.

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

THIS is why I'm not too worried about preservation. While I pay (or don't block ads) for all the content I like, I know SOMEONE has ripped and released a copy online of everything being streamed. It's much the same way as how emulators and roms have helped preserved 99% of all old games.

[@sumisusan1517]

I didn’t know that Walmart wanted to be Amazon so bad, that they created a streaming service

[@Fanboy-hf1iu]

Thanks for repeating what he said

[@katrinabryce]

Tesco, a sort-of UK equivalent (competitor to Asda who were actual Walmart UK until recently), did the same thing with Blinkbox.

[@119Agent]

Too little too late? I wonder if Walmart will ever face the same fate as the department stores it replaced.

[@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL]

​@@katrinabryceI went to Tesco a few years ago when I was in Ireland. They sold Peppa pig marshmallow pops. This is what American commerce has been lacking

[@rrq]

No, Walmart+ is more like Amazon Prime for groceries. Not a streaming service

[@SirLightsOut99]

I honestly find the slow and inevitable death of Discovery+ even funnier than I do the death of Quibi. Quibi was dumb for sure but it was never trying to hurt anything. Discovery+ feels like it’s being forced upon us. I can just imagine David Zaslav being like “OK, so maybe I canceled like 18 different HBO Max shows that people loved, and maybe I permanently shelved several different movies even though they were 100% complete, but what if I give them all eight seasons of my 600 pound life? Surely that’ll make up for the fact that the animation community despises me.” And that’s not to mention the countless creators and actors who have been screwed over in favor of Discovery+. Watching Zaslov‘s pride and joy die right in front of him is just about the only sweet vengeance we’ll probably ever see done to that man. Update: we’re starting to see the fruits of karmic Justice. This man has been trying to force live service elements into games that don’t need them and then using the developers as shields for his bad idea, and nobody’s having it. Between nether realm studios and now rock steady he’s done this twice and he’ll probably do it again, But the small amount of money he’s making relative to the price of the games speaks for itself. I feel really bad for the developers but also Zaslav taking an L is always a good thing. Between this and Discovery+, the landslide is coming fast.

[@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL]

He tried to bring back the days of reality TV since it was cheap and popular. The people knew they were being cheated

[@SirLightsOut99]

@@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL see that’s what confuses me so much. Nobody liked reality TV even when it was on cable. It was seen as like the lowest tear of garbage. People literally started coming to places like HBO for premium content to get away from the over abundance of reality shows and things of that nature. I know calling Zaslav out of touch is like calling the sun hot but how could he have ever assumed that this was going to work?

[@Pipkiablo]

@@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL He looked at CN Real and said, "That was a great idea! Let's do it again!"

[@SirLightsOut99]

@@Pipkiablo man probably didn’t even know what CN Reel was. He seems to shrivel up like a war of the worlds alien at the thought of any cartoon not called Velma. The idea that he would know about an obscure and very short piece of cartoon network history where 95% of its run is lost media now might actually be a stretch. His mind stopped taking in information around 2002 when shows like American Idol, survivor, and the amazing race ruled, live action, slightly more edgy Scooby Doo was a thing, superheroes were lame and for nerds, and cartoons were lame and for babies.

[@ocularpatdown]

Zaslav is garbage

[@ebradley2357]

Every title I have ever loved, I own a physical DVD format. When I saw streaming services coming out with their own content, I figured getting a physical DVD copy would be impossible. So, if I really like the content on a streaming service and can't get a physical copy, I screen record the show. Sure, it's low tech, and I'm sure there are other ways, but for someone like me who has basic computer skills, it works! And hard drives are cheap now. I would absolutely pay for a DVD or digital copy I could keep, but if the platforms are going to lock their stuff down, I'll find a way!

[@leafyascent]

That’s when you start bypassing DRM and downloading them. Webrips exist for a reason. The future of preservation lays with the pirates and if it comes for that. I’m here for it.

[@jamescarter3196]

Over the years I've found myself thinking "where are all the blu-ray TV recorders with HDMI inputs which should logically exist?" I haven't researched it but it's pretty clear there's some basic industry-wide collusion toward 'nobody owns a copy of anything, can't record a copy off a service they're paying for, must continually pay for everything to get access to anything, and it might all disappear at any moment with no compensation, even if you made PURCHASES and not RENTALS'.

[@AlKaseltzer87]

I wonder how many people pulled up to a certain adult site trying to get to KZbin Red?

[@jamescarter3196]

It's a weird name for the product. I subscribe to Premium, but somehow 'KZbin Red' to me sounded so vague that I never paid much attention to it. Casually I thought it sounded like 'something in beta-testing for content creators'.

[@SMFH999]

Red tube 🤔

[@dannyjohn5175]

Lol I remember thinking the same

[@RyanConIon]

I actually had DC Universe it was nice, it had both comics, shows and movies. I dropped it once they got rid of the movies and shows since comics alone didn’t justify the price to me

[@mattalan6618]

same. it was nice being able to watch anything DC related. i to dropped it once they went comics only as comic books dont interest me at all

[@diegovargasdiego]

I even used it to buy the JLU action figures

[@mattalan6618]

@@diegovargasdiego i did to as buying direct from DC usually meant you got a discount

[@richborn6700]

Strange how comic books, the original source and inspiration for all the films and shows, is also the least appealing to any general audience these days.

[@billlonee9470]

When I was young, The African Queen was everywhere. After all, it was an Oscar-winning film directed by John Houston and starred Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn. Then, with the advent of DVDs, it all but disappeared. The reason? It was deemed too expensive to clean up and remaster the film, so Warner Bros decided not to. The reason I bring this up is that "content" can disappear for a myriad of reasons. And the more ways we create to distribute things, the more fractured it all becomes. Also, Redbox briefly had a streaming service. It was awful, but it was there.

[@jamescarter3196]

Redbox still has streaming, and it has worked fine for the last few years at least. Lots of free stuff and otherwise.

[@AveryCuber]

30 seconds in and I'm already getting Scott the Woz vibes, nice job!

[@isabellanardulli7175]

Can’t believe this channel doesn’t have at least 500k after I watched this vid. Nice one, keep it up!

[@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL]

Maybe if I ask KZbin nicely they'll push me more

[@joshuacoldwater]

Okay so, KZbin Red wasn’t a streaming service, I would know I was a subscriber. It was a subscription service that removed all ads from all videos on KZbin and VEVO (KZbin Music). It was at no point cancelled, the name was just changed to KZbin Premium. I am still a subscriber today. I have not seen an ad on KZbin since October 2015. Also, I am very aware how much someone makes when I watch their video. It is well above what they pay when anyone else watches it. In 2017, KZbin Red’s highest subscriber year they were just under 10 million paying subscribers for $4.99 a mo. Today, KZbin Premium currently has 27.9 million subscribers at $18.99 a month. If that isn’t a win, I don’t know what is. 😂

[@SnirDavid]

This video is great! You deserve so much more views. The algorithm will eventually understand that

[@SnirDavid]

I'm proud to say that I made this content when the video had

[@gallium711]

The thing about Quibi was the main draw being most of their programming was no more than 15 minutes long (or something like that) so you could watch it during a commute or on your lunch break, unfortunately the pandemic struck around the same time and that did them absolutely no favours

[@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL]

It's shutdown was inevitable

[@badbirdkc]

And apparently Quibi was completely unaware that KZbin already did all of that for free.

[@vimbert]

Here from the recommended! Good stuff, you've earned a sub.

[@jennmelon4]

This video video embody the feel of a Scott the woz

[@Notnt.]

Respect to this guy and his efforts.

[@taylorgrace3132]

You ended this video on a problem I hadn’t realized we were living in. I’ve grown up with a fear of technology/robotics. I am okay with Apple products, but I have Siri off. I hate Alexa’s. I love Disney, but can’t ride some rides due to the animatronics. When I was a kid, and still presently, my favorite book was Fahrenheit 451. It essentially talks on how too much technology can be a bad thing. The people trust the government too much and have them too much power. Knowledge is in books and friendship is power. I have always loved owning books and DVD’s because they can’t be changed. I’ve always looked at it as *once it’s on the internet, it’s out there*. That saying. But I hadn’t heard companies had actually scrubbed movies and such out completely.

[@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL]

It's a situation not many are aware of

[@Kay-xz3cy]

Was recommended by the algorithm gods and I just wanted to say I liked the video! :3

[@OutgoingGamer115]

Scott The Woz has inspired and gave birth to a new era of KZbinrs that I will gladly watch

[@benmalsky9834]

I won’t. They often pull out such cheap shots and low hanging fruit like that jab at The Flash at the end. I personally liked that movie.

[@OutgoingGamer115]

@@benmalsky9834 the flash is that movie that borders on being a bad or decent movie. It has good aspects & I respect people who like it, but Ezra Miller ain't it

[@benmalsky9834]

@@OutgoingGamer115 I say it’s a decent film.

[@benmalsky9834]

@@OutgoingGamer115 People need to learn to separate the art from the artist more if you ask me.

[@OutgoingGamer115]

@@benmalsky9834 it is VERY hard to do that honestly, especially in movie form

[@sebastb]

Damm. First time a KZbin recomendation actually promotes something good! Subbed

[@kootunesscrewy]

At least KZbin was less of a failure compared to the others. And I'm disappointed that Walmart closed down in most areas for streaming and online.

[@Gremthebeliever]

Just got this recommended out of nowhere this is so well made❤

[@venod3134]

Amazon also started as a book store. So i can see the organic progression if we start there as well.

[@uhoh7541]

Great points made. One thing is i think anyone who has dealt with best buy customer service lately will see them not carrying discs anymore as a blessing. That company fell apart and will either go out of business or be bought out within 3 years.

[@squidgychurch]

The only thing I know about Quibi is that they tried to advertise their shows in Fortnite by showing episodes of Punk’d every hour at Risky Reels and everyone hated it. No wonder it flopped lmao

[@minevance9461]

This guy reminds my of Scott the Woz if he wasn’t obviously burned out. Love this video!

[@phantomstaryt]

Big fan of the content!!! Great video :)

[@sab3295]

I didn't even know yahoo had a streaming service.

[@kelownatechkid]

Great video, had this recommended randomly and was very impressed!

[@PapaGoat666]

This guy is like Scott The Woz. Immediately subscribed after the Amazon Prime joke

[@biggiesmol]

Worried about not owning physical copies of your favorite content? Ahoy! Sail the seven seas there matey!

[@bltvd]

I have been a subscriber of youtube premium since Red started. It is the only media I pay for and think it is a bargain. I watch youtube most of the day and like that my money is going to people I watch and the lack of commercials.

[@CannaKitty]

Same! Had it since it changed to premium, that and Spotify feel like the only ones worth their money nowadays

[@Josh-yi6yr]

as somebody who lives in the mid-west I can confirm that we love walmart

[@jamescarter3196]

Sure, they put everybody else out of business and there's nothing else to love.

[@mih734]

Surprised you didn't mention CNN+, what a disaster that was lol

[@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL]

Completely forgot that was a thing

[@denker2959]

It lasted so little that it wasn't even worth mentioning

[@omegusalpha7233]

getting major scott the woz vibes

[@mattiereallyrules]

KZbin premium’s “Impulse” was a great show. Way underrated

[@toby_steves]

this video reminds me of old school nostalgia critic

[@sominboy2757]

in all honesty, the thinning slapped

[@CamdenBloke]

I signed up when it was KZbin red so I could watch programming tutorials without ad interruptions. When it changed to premium, my subscription continued, as it does to this day. Now the only ads I have to deal with are the ones I can fast forward over where someone talks about their video sponsor. I watch movies on KZbin now and then. I wonder if non premium users have to see ads during those?

[@dantheman8103]

Not all DC Universes original content transfered to MAX like you said (or maybe more implied). Most of it did, but a few of their lesser known shows like DC Daily (some episodes are still on YouTUbe but definitely not all of them), DC Universe All Star Games and a couple specials and documentaries have since become lost media as they just went away completely when DC Universe went comics only.

[@fromthehaven94]

Similarly, Warner Bros Discovery also made their decision about the live action/animated Coyote vs Acme movie that caused the appropriate amount of controversy.

[@Techno-Universal]

8:48 At the same time they also cancelled a bunch of great original animated shows they owned the rights to resulting in a huge amount of financial trouble for the studios who created those shows and produced them after selling off the rights to them. That also included a huge amount of layoffs in the industry.

[@jstyxx4110]

Surprised CNN+ wasn’t here as that failed faster than any of these.

[@itsjustjoniel]

I got scott the woz vibes from this video! W vid

[@KingreX32]

Im getting Scott the Woz vibes from this dude.

[@Crytkee]

THATS WHAT I THOUGHT!

[@fireblade696]

Why am I watching Scott the Woz for movies

[@JB-bq2qj]

I’ve never thought about it but obviously there are no Blu-ray’s for Succession, The Mandalorian, etc

[@benmalsky9834]

Actually, The Mandalorian’s first two seasons WILL be out on Blu Ray and UHD on December 12!

[@benmalsky9834]

You clearly haven’t been paying attention. We ARE getting The Mandalorian on home video very soon.

[@bigearl1624]

@@benmalsky9834 why do you keep double commenting?

[@benmalsky9834]

@@bigearl1624 Just go get my point across

[@Roggor]

No official ones at least.

[@temperanceplaysgenshin]

This coupled with the fact that the vast majority of streaming services only claim to stream 4k or Blu Ray, but if you go into the file's metadeta, it's just a higher bitrate 1080p video which a lot of TV's have issues with with regards to upscaling and displaying. Streaming is a regression in viewer experience. Simply having more at a time doesn't make it good.

[@patchymoon]

"none of the original youtube red content was good" except mind field. the only good thing to come out of it

[@powerbrain1488]

How could you forget about Cobra Kai

[@benmalsky9834]

@@powerbrain1488Exactly!

[@toms5996]

As a European it is clear to see that Disney+ will fail miserably. Outside the US who is even watching this *******?

[@livwake]

Brit here and I know plenty of people who use it

[@toms5996]

@@livwake In the Nordics Netflix has 80% of households. Disney+ has 7%. Lower than AppleTV+ with 11%. I don't think us Nordics are interested in the Marwel/Lucasfilm crap.

[@gexenterthegecko252]

great video dude, kinda reminds me of scott the woz lol

[@ToonyTalesX]

I love how he’s just going all in with the fanservice considering there was literally no reason for PJ to be in a bikini here.

[@safeforwork8546]

This is great! Subbed.

[@exman5087]

Remember the Fortnite quibi live event

[@ljqbeqyxt]

hope we see all of them in this list soon

[@Nilbog96]

Had no idea about the yahoo and walmart streaming services lmao

[@blastoffanimations]

is this guy just scott the woz? i love it

[@jorijoestar4998]

You an important part of Quibi. It launched early 2020. It was meant for people to watch while communting and traveling. Oh... wait. Yeah, big hit right off the back

[@PaxTheCat]

I wonder if we would reach the times where Rip offs would be more known than the originals

[@cpeyton78910]

7:17 Google & Yahoo aren't browsers, they're search engines

[@kafeimewtwo2410]

Moment of silence for Infinity Train

[@e_doors]

here on December 8th 2023, is the day i found out Walmart made a streaming website

[@904funny]

Disney just did sort of with the 100th anniversary collection

[@DTS__]

KZbin Red made 1 good program, Wayne, which is just unreasonably good for the service it was on

[@phatmeow7764]

after watching this head down to Louis Rossman's channel! he has a really interesting video about how pirates provide a superior experience vs legit streamer platforms w/o the BS hardware req and other nonsensical hoops to jump thru to get the 4k stream video you paid for!

[@relxtionn5660]

Cobra Kai was a KZbin red original

[@thelma1]

keep it up bro

[@Psyched_Crow]

I was blindsided by the Yahoo Screen section. It made so little impact on me that for a second I thought you were telling me Community had a 7th season. For the life of me I thought season 6 was on Crackle.

[@DLurch]

Nice! Scott the Woz has another channel

[@CheeseMiser]

As a midwest farmer. No

[@Prowerder]

this feels like a 2015 video, the music, mic, video, editing looks a bit classic.

[@DonaldTubbs]

Where did all the AtomFilms content go?!

[@pippin9466]

lovely T shirt m8

[@WoodStoveEnthusiast]

Arrrrr.... All content is backed up on the seven seas!

[@kelownatechkid]

As a long time fan of stereoscopic movies, I am particularly concerned with the recent trend (since 2021, mostly) of studios deciding not to release 3D Blu-ray versions of films when they have the stereo masters...

[@FigureFarter]

3D TV's were short-lived so there was no point of 3D blu rays after like 2011

[@lukethorpe5308]

3:40 It is such a sadness

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

I've had to buy DVDs as shows disappear from streaming services. We could record free to air TV, but we can't record the shows we PAID to stream? It's rediculous - a lot of shows aren't on DVD either so I'm buying them from KZbin. Pirating is all we have left🤷‍♀️

[@Danny167z]

It took amazon years to be a serious streaming service, in 2014 they failed hardes with the zombieland tv show and rush hour tv show

[@jamescarter3196]

You mean it took years to make good content. They already had a solid streaming service by about 2010.

[@fairera]

Are you telling me yahoo still exists in 2023 !?! 🤯

[@omnirox-re3wo]

Good video:)

[@TheMCNanno]

it's why I'm getting rid of all my streaming services slowly

[@tesscantarticulate]

Dc univers was like 6 or 7 dollars a month and had the TV shows and movies and the digital comics library. It was definitely worth the money

[@vacatiolibertas]

6:00 One diamond in the rough with regards to creator-led KZbin Red shows, imo, was Vsauce's Mind Field. I still rewatch episodes of Mind Field from time to time, but I also never felt an inclination to pay for it and only it

[@cobracommander8133]

FullScreen lasted for like 1 year.

[@YakkoWarnerTower]

I kind of miss DC Universe it was a good service.

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

KZbin Red failed?? It's still going?! I'm lost. And this is being uploaded on KZbin so how is it failed??

[@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL]

KZbin Red was the original service with ad free videos but with a heavy emphasis on original content. They've scaled back the originals and just focus on ad free videos but, renaming it to KZbin premium. So the service itself didn't technically fail but that particular business model did

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

@@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL OOHHH yeeeaaah. Yeah. Yeah, I remember that. Like those Game Theory videos and the special VSauce videos. I had totally forgotten about those!!

[@klaykid117]

At least when it comes to media preservation of any non-interactive media it can have a high quality rip of it saved and distributed through sailing the high seas. But when it comes to video games that's really hard to save as old games already have trouble being played on modern systems even if you can still buy it and games that are available only through streaming such as several games from the ill-fated Google stadia our lost forever. All we can ever do is watch gameplay recordings but that's not actually the game

[@Fuuntag]

Walmart should have just moved into the Police BodyCam business...

[@NOTLeavingLV]

Scott the woz has a brother I guess.

[@Crytkee]

ikr

[@X6_Nitro]

Surprised you didnt bring up piracy at the end there

[@65501]

He did, just not directly.

[@johnnybadmen3473]

Ahoy, matey! Listen up, ye scallywag. Ye should be aware that no media be truly lost at sea. If ye catch me drift. Arrr!

[@nickborn2369]

Don't worry man it's all on the pirate bay

[@omegaman1409]

A lot of these streaming services came out of the pandemic. When people went back to the theaters they lost subscribers left and right. Throw inflation on top too.

[@piceko514]

Do not confuse KZbin Red and Redtube 💀

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

Please note that youtube red became premium

[@skiez7430]

he did

[@LetrixAR]

Why people forget that piracy exists?

[@Benjamin_Gellman]

girl my name is Schlong Dong Silver

[@kevin10001]

KZbin also has KZbin tv that had live television and they managed to get nfl Sunday ticket away from direct tv that had it for years and quibi wasn’t executed well and launched at the worst time possible even though they couldn’t foresee a massive global pandemic happening when they picked their launch date but who is going to want to see a movie cut up into 8-10 minutes videos or want to watch a condensed version of Reno 911

[@laithlabban72]

Fire vid bro

[@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006]

Eh, I live the northeast and Walmart is the only thing in town.

[@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL]

As a Massachusetts man myself we go to Ocean State Job Lot thank you very much