Do you wish Club Exclusives were available to buy?
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:14 pm
Disclaimer: Bart's reference to the AiO piracy site in the poll is a joke. Not only is piracy wrong as it's stealing, Faio.com is riddled with viruses too. Don't use it!
I personally wish that AioClub exclusives were available for individual purchase. It's unlikely that it will happen, but a guy can dream.
Streaming on a regular basis isn't financially viable for everyone and I for one would love to have my own copy of Cars, Trains, and Motorcycles(possibly the funniest episode in recent AiO). I was ticked off at FotF years ago when I learned that they were making a sequel to Gifts for Madge and Guy, but that it would only be available on streaming. When I got a chance to hear the sequel, it was good but not amazing, so it wasn't a huge loss that longtime fans couldn't own it, but still sad.
When it comes down to it, FotF has as much right to make streaming exclusives as Disney+ or anyone else does, but when I hear or watch quality content, I'd prefer to buy the content once and for all.
A major draw of Odyssey in particular is that you can hear it in the car. Not so much when you can only hear an episode when you're connected to the internet. I don't know if the Club app has downloads for offline listening, so maybe that point's moot, but I don't know.
I haven't heard a lot of club exclusives, but the ones I've heard were mostly really good or really bad. There And Back Again was great, while Walter's Flying Bus deserves all the hate it gets. (Okay, I heard that one after someone illegally put it on Spotify. Btw, I was using Spotify for free, I'd much rather subscribe to the AioClub if I was paying for streaming.) An idea for FotF is releasing "best of" albums or one that's say like all the Renee Carter episodes. They kinda did something similar when they released the club exclusive: The Drop Box as a sampler album.
Your thoughts?
I personally wish that AioClub exclusives were available for individual purchase. It's unlikely that it will happen, but a guy can dream.
Streaming on a regular basis isn't financially viable for everyone and I for one would love to have my own copy of Cars, Trains, and Motorcycles(possibly the funniest episode in recent AiO). I was ticked off at FotF years ago when I learned that they were making a sequel to Gifts for Madge and Guy, but that it would only be available on streaming. When I got a chance to hear the sequel, it was good but not amazing, so it wasn't a huge loss that longtime fans couldn't own it, but still sad.
When it comes down to it, FotF has as much right to make streaming exclusives as Disney+ or anyone else does, but when I hear or watch quality content, I'd prefer to buy the content once and for all.
A major draw of Odyssey in particular is that you can hear it in the car. Not so much when you can only hear an episode when you're connected to the internet. I don't know if the Club app has downloads for offline listening, so maybe that point's moot, but I don't know.
I haven't heard a lot of club exclusives, but the ones I've heard were mostly really good or really bad. There And Back Again was great, while Walter's Flying Bus deserves all the hate it gets. (Okay, I heard that one after someone illegally put it on Spotify. Btw, I was using Spotify for free, I'd much rather subscribe to the AioClub if I was paying for streaming.) An idea for FotF is releasing "best of" albums or one that's say like all the Renee Carter episodes. They kinda did something similar when they released the club exclusive: The Drop Box as a sampler album.
Your thoughts?