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The world of online streaming and movie watching is constantly growing, changing, and evolving. In fact, when it comes to streaming content online, we have just begun to scratch the surface. Who knows where this industry will be headed in the next 10, 20, or 50 years? It is still largely a fledgling industry, even though it can sometimes feel like we've been streaming movies and TV shows online for as long as we can remember. Streaming is such a convenient and beloved way to watch movies and TV series that it's easy to forget how relatively new it is.
That being said, there are a lot of new streaming platforms going up all the time. Disney Plus, for instance, just took the world by storm in the last year, immediately becoming a cultural phenomenon thanks to their iconic library of classic Disney films, but also thanks to a smash hit original Star Wars episodic series, The Mandalorian. HBO Max, too, just finally launched a few months ago. And NBC is poised to release its own streaming platform in the summer of 2020 called Peacock. It's safe to say that the streaming industry is booming right now, and it will only continue to grow in the coming years.
However, it can be a difficult task to decide on which streaming service to choose. With so many different providers and options available, the divide between original programming and licensed content is growing ever larger. Each network has the right to its own programming, but it seems that each network is also vying for a piece of the streaming market.
Soon, streaming will become indistinguishable from cable TV, where each network exists as its own separate channel and many of them require special (and costly) cable packages in order to access them. It is beginning to look like traditional cable TV with extra steps, disappointing especially if you turned to streaming platforms because of how convenient and relatively affordable they once were when compared with traditional cable TV.
If you want access to multiple streaming services, it can be expensive these days. Each one, of course, has its own separate monthly price tag. But if you want to be able to access all of your favorite shows and movies, it is commonly seen as the only option. Just having subscriptions to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO, and Disney Plus can run you upwards of $60 or maybe even $70 a month. Streaming is no longer an affordable alternative to cable TV.
Which is great because there's nothing better than coming home after a long day of work and just turning your brain off, turning on a show. Entertainment should not be reserved for only the affluent. I believe that movies and television should be available for all, no matter what socioeconomic situation you may be in. This is why I'm happy to report that, in addition to the main, big-name, popular premium streaming platforms, there are countless free streaming sites to choose from too!
There are some issues with free streaming sites. First, they can be of low quality, which can be unsafe. Second, some free streaming sites are full of viruses and trackers, which can be harmful. Finally, it is important to be careful when choosing a new free streaming site because some may be malicious.
I highly recommend that you load your online artillery with solid lines of defense. Everyone, if you don't have one already, should get a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to protect their data online. You can find some valuable internet safety programs in the Useful software category.
But at the end of the day, once you have found a free streaming site that is safe and has been vetted by me (no worries, I vet all of the sites that I list for safety before I review them), there is still no guaranteeing that the site will be any good or worth your time. But that is precisely why I do these reviews. I weed through the garbage so you don't have to. Because even though a site may be safe, that does not mean it is good - nor does it mean that it even truly is a free streaming site. A great deal of these sites doesn't even hold up their end of the bargain. They may claim to be a free streaming site, for example, but not actually have anything to stream!
So, where, then, does the site Go Watching fall on this spectrum? Well, let's take a look and see for ourselves, okay?
Design
Upon landing on Go Watching, I am immediately impressed with the site's design. It is understated and sleek, with a simple gray color scheme and only a search bar in the middle of the page. This is an impressive start and I can tell that Go Watching will not suffer from common problems with free streaming sites - such as poor design or cluttered pages. It has a very professional feel to it.
Once you start your search, the site continues to amaze. Your search results will appear in the middle of the page. To the left, you will find a few filtering options. Filter by genre, content type (movie or TV), and year of release (choose a year from a convenient grid). The site is very user-friendly and easy to use. There are also no ads in sight which is great! However, there is a slightly suspicious number of Amazon Prime ads. But more on that later.
Content
This is where Go Watching starts to lose some major points for me. Instead of offering links to sources that allow you to watch content without subscribing or signing up for a free trial, Go Watching's entire model appears to be built around providing you with links to streaming services that require you to sign up for a free trial. In other words, calling this site a free streaming site is not entirely accurate. What might be more fitting would be to call Go Watching a free trial streaming search engine.
The concentration of Amazon Prime ads on Go Watching seems to be little more than a database of films and TV shows that link to Amazon Prime. Although this can be annoying, especially if you came here looking for a free resource to actually watch movies and TV shows, it can be viewed as a potential alternative to using Amazon Prime in order to find what you're looking to watch - a streaming service with a notoriously bad interface.
However, it looks like Go Watching also links to the Discover Channel, Hay U, MGM, and ITV Hub Plus websites.
Pricing and Plans
Sure, Go Watching is technically free to use. But after your free trials expire, you will have to pay whatever monthly fee is associated with the streaming service in question. For example, Amazon Prime Video is $8.99 a month. So, "free" is unfortunately rather misleading in the case of this site.
Suggestions that I have for Go Watching
I would definitely like to see Go Watching become more useful as a free streaming service. Even if they just offered a few titles that I could stream without signing up for a third-party service, that would be great. Until then, I cannot say that this site is extremely useful.
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