February means it’s all about the big game, whether you’re a cord-cutter or not. You can stream Super Bowl 58 without cable on Paramount Plus, and even outside of sports, this month is stacked with tons of must-see content. Your streaming subscriptions will be put to good use, so it will be hard to let any of them go. But we’ll guide you to which services are offering the best shows and movies.Â
Netflix has Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the streamer is receiving licensed titles such as Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken and HBO’s Warriors. Oppenheimer hits Peacock, and Hulu won’t disappoint with Abbott Elementary and its FX originals like Shogun. Not only does this month offer abundant releases and live sports, but most are top quality (that means Max’s Tokyo Vice too). Still, you could be tempted to shed a subscription or two to save a few bucks.Â
Every month, you may need to weigh whether to cancel a streaming service because of cost and the content that’s currently available. In this current financial climate, I’d like to offer one strategy:Â Churn like ice cream, aka rotate.
How to do it? Subscribe, cancel, roll with a different service, then resubscribe, keeping your favorites in a rotation. Rotating streaming services can be a money-saver when Netflix, Disney Plus, Max and others don’t have the content you want to watch at a given time. Just remember to shut off autorenewal for your monthly subscriptions. This method may not fly if you’re sharing your streaming accounts, but if you can work it out with your posse, go for it.Â
Here are my suggestions for which streamers to keep or cancel in February, based on new shows and movies (I didn’t consider live TV streaming services) coming to each platform. Your tastes may be different, but if nothing else, I urge you to at least consider the concept of rotating for savings. It’s easier than you might think. And remember, a VPN can also be a useful tool when you’re…
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