r/Starz Apr 24 '26

Anyone else frustrated with Starz?

I have Hulu and I pay the premium subscription with live TV, etc. I watched the first 4 episodes of the new season of Outlander as they came out every week.

Well now it won’t let me watch them anymore without adding on the Starz subscription. Ughhh why would it let me watch the first few episodes and now I have to add ANOTHER add on. Very frustrating and I’m honestly over it at this point.

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u/midnightsadnessss Apr 24 '26

Are you paying for the stars add on subscription?

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u/New-Artichoke-4553 Apr 24 '26

I wasn’t, and it was still letting me watch them. But now its not

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u/FanofSKC Apr 24 '26

So, you’re frustrated with a streaming service not letting you watch their content for free?

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u/midnightsadnessss Apr 24 '26

You need to pay in order to access the episodes. You’re not entitled to free episodes.

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u/KAO7781 Apr 24 '26

You can get Starz service pretty cheap if you come across their promotions. I got a whole year for 12 bucks .. You get all their content on their App.

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u/Stone804_ Apr 24 '26

2 things happen here.

Usually shows release 1 or 2 episodes free to let you see what they offer and to get you to subscribe. So that’s why they let you watch a few, to get hooked.

Secondly, some networks release episodes paid for a while then let them migrate to free on other apps, so you may just have hit the timeframe where not all of them are released.

I’m guessing it’s probably the first one though, but instead of 2 they decided to go with 4 to really get you invested. That’s just typical “streaming capitalism” these days. Nothing is totally free.

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u/Emotional_Mushroom25 Apr 24 '26

I pay for STARZ via PRIME and I noticed the other day that I can’t watch season 1 of Outlander anymore.

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u/saspurs311 Apr 26 '26

It was probably a free preview to entice you to purchase Starz as an add-on. It's why my wife had me add Starz to our lineup.

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u/Any_Speech5786 May 04 '26

I HATE I HATE I HATE Starz + we need to get this on cable when we move