One of the most significant benefits of the Internet era is that different services let you watchall kinds of movies and TV shows. WhileNetflixis still one of the most popular, it has some real downsides. So do Hulu, Disney+, or Peacock.
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One of the original, originals
Crackleis one of the original streaming sites that isn’t tied to a television network of movie studio. It’s been around longer than almost every site out there. It’s also a site that doesn’t require you to have an account or pay for any of its content.
Because it’s not tied to any network or studio, quite a bit of Crackle’s content is either original or the movies that no other streaming site really wants to pony up for. However, the hidden charm of this site is the classic shows from a bygone era like the Dick Van Dyke Show, Dragnet, or Alf.
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The free streaming service picking up steam
Tubi is a free streaming platform that offers a vast collection of TV shows, movies, and even access to live TV channels. Tubi is available across all major platforms via a dedicated application or via the web.
Tubiused to be a lot like Crackle in that it didn’t offer a ton of newer, blockbuster-level content. However, the site has changed quite a bit over the last few years, and now there’s quite a bit of stuff on there that you might have seen in theaters not all that long ago. Movies like Aquaman or the Jurassic Park series are featured there alongside older, great flicks like Platoon or Goodfellas.
The hidden gems on Tubi, like Crackle, might be the classic TV shows, though in Tubi’s case it’s old cartoons like the entire series of Transformers, G.I. Joe, or Mask. Viewers my age can totally relive their childhood by binge-watching.
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Watch streaming like old-school TV
Pluto TV sets itself apart from the other free streaming services mainly with the way it presents its app. While the service does offer on-demand titles, it would rather have people use the application like they would if they were watching regular old television.
There are channels like Pluto Celebrity, Bravo Vault, and Pluto Sci-Fi. Quite a bit of their content is reality TV-based, and that includes aspecial treat for Big Brother fans, who can actually tune into the different live cameras and see what people are talking about at any given moment.
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The most limited app on this list
Amazon Freevee
The two significant downsides are that you may only watch so much content without signing in and signing up at one time. Depending on how long you want to binge, you might get a message saying you’ve run out of time. For those who like to stream on their computers more than smart devices, you’re out of luck with Freevee as the only way to use it is through amobile app or streaming device.
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5Xumo Play
A combination of a few other sites
Xumo Play strikes me as a kind of combination of Pluto TV and Crackle. It presents itself to users the same way Pluto does, with the home page looking a lot like a television layout where you can select different channels, such as Reality TV or Sci-Fi. Though Xumo leans a bit heavier towards news.
Xumo Play also has on-demand shows and movies, though, like Crackle, most of the on-demand content is either original or quite a bit lower-key or quite a bit older like Glory and Brian’s Song. The most interesting wrinkle here is that Xumo actually has a channel where you’re able to access Crackle.
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