Netflix Beats out Hulu as the Best Streaming Service Across Platforms

By: Romeo Buckley
Staff Writer

The question of which streaming service is better between Netflix and Hulu has been asked since the two streaming giants went head to head.

Hulu came out on March 12, 2008 and Netflix came out on April 14, 1998. Netflix and Hulu are both streaming services that have a wide variety of TV shows, movies, anime, documentaries and more.

A lot of people say they would choose Netflix over Hulu. Even though Netflix costs more, it does give users three different price ranges. The first one is the basic Netflix, which costs $8.99 per month and only streams from one device. The second payment offered allows users to use the standard streaming that costs $12.99 per month but it can be streamed from two devices. The third payment is premium and that costs $15.99 per month and streams from four different devices.

Hulu plus is $7.99 per month and premium takes the ads away for 11.99 per month, but with basic service, not all of the shows are available to watch.

‘’I likes how Netflix has a wide variety of movies and I also like that Netflix works wherever I go,’’ said Ariel Otton.

‘’Netflix has more genre and has original shows,’’ said Shane Ames, another student at Green River.

Netflix started out focusing hard on movies, then over time became more TV oriented releasing its original shows and becoming popular for posting their show’s seasons all at once for people to binge-watch.

Hulu has over 25 million streaming subscribers in the U.S. which puts Hulu subscriptions at less than half of what Netflix has. Hulu’s content budget estimated by analysts at less than $3 billion per year. Netflix has 158 million subscribers, in which about 60 million subscribers are located in the U.S. Netflix says that it will make about 90 original movies per year, some with budgets up to $200 million.

Netflix has spent over 12 billion dollars on content and planning on spending 15 billion on content. Netflix is making sure that their customers are satisfied with what they have paid for. They try to find a mix between the new and the old with original programs, like Stranger Things and The Office.

Netflix uses HD for their great quality and for the fast speed. Hulu doesn’t run on HD so the quality is more blurry and the graphics are bad at times especially if there is no Wi-Fi connection at all.

The way Netflix set up they are giving the customers what they want by helping the binge-watchers by dropping the seasons in a row so a person that like to binge watch they won’t have to wait for the next episode. Netflix also has a lot of old movies and TV shows that they are streaming that a lot of people enjoy watching and re-watching.

Netflix has it all. Anything a person would want to watch, they have on their service. From binge-watching to just enjoying a late-night movie. Netflix has the best pick of movies and TV shows. Netflix has over thousands of movies and TV shows to pick from. Netflix is the best streaming service because you will never get bored with the content that it has.

Netflix out beats its competition in many ways, It makes billions of dollars and it has a better pick of TV shows and movies. The quality of the shows and movies are also better because they are all in HD.  Netflix loads and connect to Wi-Fi much faster than Hulu.

They also know how to keep their customers happy by putting shows and movies that they believe the customers will watch and enjoy. Netflix is the best way to go if you want your money worth when it comes to all the streaming services.

There will always be something to watch on Netflix for everyone to watch and enjoy. It’s just a matter of whatever appeals the audience. Whether its animation, dramas, or horror, everything is good.

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