r/movies • u/Vanderlyley • 28d ago

News Paramount Posts $286M Fourth Quarter Streaming Loss

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-fourth-quarter-streaming-1236148263/
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u/karlpilkington4 28d ago

The app sucks, but somehow it still plays on my tv. I haven't paid for the service in over a year. I think I changed credit cards and their system just never canceled it. I have like 20 different email addresses, I have no idea which one the account is under.

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u/Aron723 28d ago edited 27d ago

I signed up then cancelled immediately while trying to tie it to another app for a Verizon deal that didn’t work and it’s been in like a flux of “authorizing” both the sign up and cancellation for like 3 years now.

Terrible app, at least it’s been free lol.

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u/eddyhazkell 28d ago

Had the same thing happen to me with Netflix and Verizon. Hopefully they never “fix the glitch”.

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u/hotdoug1 28d ago

I had free it through a one-year free trial of Walmart+, which I got through Verizon, and then cancelled but still had it for another year and a half for free.

They probably let it slip because they like the subscriber numbers and the fact that I had the ad-tier which still gets them some money.

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u/theoriginalmofocus 27d ago

I have it through W+ and it constantly makes me sign in on my phone or it tries to sell me a plan for some reason.

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u/aslander 28d ago

Wild. I've been getting the higher tier with Showtime free for 4 years now. I'm not sure what I did, but there's no credit card in my account billing. I'm too afraid to mess with any account settings because I'm afraid my gravy train will run out

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u/sodaonmyheater 28d ago

I did a free month trial in early January 2022 and cancelled it. I was getting free paramount + without ads up until last week.

It’s too bad the UI is awful and doesn’t play unless I run it through ps5

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

I literally didn’t pay for it for 6 years, I guess the other day a dinosaur in the back-office finally figured it out now they want me to pay 12.99 a month. I’m not complaining 😂