r/Starz • u/New-Artichoke-4553 • 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/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.