Exclusivity kills legit-digital for me. I'd enjoy a solid application that loaded every library from the 500 services, who have the rights to whatever movie, together.

by funkzie

The digital world is a weird place. Not only is every premium channel like Showtime and HBO trending in this direction but we're already shifting through apps on top of apps like Amazon Video, Ultraflix, Netflix, Hulu, Google Play, VUDU, and many more just to stream specific content. All of these exclusive deals forcing the customer to download what feels like 500 different applications to get the movies they want really makes pirating services on applications like Kodi seem like the premium. Another giant con to going digital is the amount of digging it takes to find the service that provides the content you're looking for the best. When a movie is found on all the apps, not every service provides it the same.. in 4k, 5.1 surround, etc. I apologize for the rant. Anyone know of an app that consolidates this nonsense? Is something like this even possible? :(

aeramor

http://www.canistream.it/ is great for knowing where to get a particular title.

I agree though, I would 100% back a way to tie them together (like plex).

HansWursT619

If all apps implemented the universal search, we would get a lot closer to good experience. But a true unified experience with a coherent ui would be great.

I mean you would still need multiple subscriptions, but I don't expect that to go away soon.

whatdc

Try the just watch app. You tell it what services you subscribe and when you search for something it lets you know where you can get it. Also it tells you it you can pay for it and the price at various services.

Agent-A

Google Chromecast. Even if you aren't using the device, the app will tell you what services, of the apps you have on your phone, have the thing you are looking for. If it's not free, it will tell you the price.

If you have the device, you can jump straight to it in whatever app.

Andrroid

I just treat apps like cable channels. Not every channel had every piece of content. Why would we expect anything different from apps?

Then I use the justwatch app to find things, if I don't already know where to find them.

CuvisTheConqueror

This is why I miss Boxee. It was the best for aggregating all these services into something approaching one coherent whole. I really wish somebody else would take up that mantle, but considering how difficult it was for them to maintain (and that was before companies like Netflix closed up their public APIs), I can see why nobody does. Roku, Android TV, and Apple TV all have their universal search deals, but none of them are as universal as they'd like them to be.

To actually answer your question, though, you might look at Fan.TV. They're trying to build a universal app that links to everything. It's in the early stages, but it looks promising.

JimboLodisC

Android TV is supposed to help with this somewhat by having universal search.

atheoncrutch

I definitely agree, and I hate it. I would gladly pay $20+ for some kind of unlimited subscription to Google Play Movies or something like that if it had basically anything I could ever think of wanting to watch.

Vvizaya

For programming providers it's all they have. I'm not saying it's the only way, just the way the TV/Film industry has adapted. Some of it is the way they want to be able to track you on their own content streams and the other thing is being able to deliver the experience on their terms, cutting out middlemen like Verizon or AT&T as an example.

plus977

Have you checked out Fan TV ?

NedSc

EDIT: never mind