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I look forward to paying for value myself, instead of taking it from future subscribers. The more money the streaming companies charge, the more they can spend on bigger productions. Imagine the level of content you could produce if every subscriber paid $50?
Edit: changed 1 million to 10 million after I actually googled their budgets.
There was a period of about 8-10 years where I didn't think much about pirating content but recently I find myself leaning more towards the dark side because it is cheaper, quicker and more convenient.
The big takeaway (for me) from this article is that streaming services are actively removing shows from their archives to save on residual payments. So it's not just about a slowdown in new shows coming out, but also the loss of access to existing shows. For example HBO Max has entirely removed Westworld, a show that's not that old and just completed it's 4th and final season this year. So the whole idea of "I'll wat…
The big takeaway (for me) from this article is that streaming services are actively removing shows from their archives to save on residual payments. So it's not just about a slowdown in new shows coming out, but also the loss of access to existing shows. For example HBO Max has entirely removed Westworld, a show that's not that old and just completed it's 4th and final season this year. So the whole idea of "I'll wat…
There was a period of about 8-10 years where I didn't think much about pirating content but recently I find myself leaning more towards the dark side because it is cheaper, quicker and more convenient.
> Streaming isn't going away, but there will be more ads and higher prices, and we'll have to see what happens to content libraries. They'll all be available to those who pirate. When Netflix first started its streaming service it obviously couldn't compete when it came to the amount of content, but it did a fantastic job competing in terms of convenience. This is gone now. Netflix and all others are competing with e…
One would demand active change and interest in the user, the other is easy scape goating. The ugly truth is, the state has no interest in preventing piracy. Piracy keeps the poor dormant and busy. Piracy reduces other crime and works like paracetamol on societal problems. The glowy rock shall distract them from the end of the world.
Though if you look at the resulting basement culture aka quanon, gamergate etc., this "cure" has run its course.
I look forward to paying for value myself, instead of taking it from future subscribers. The more money the streaming companies charge, the more they can spend on bigger productions. Imagine the level of content you could produce if every subscriber paid $50?
Rings of Power and Wheel of Time is the level of content you can produce if you have unlimited budgets.
The big takeaway (for me) from this article is that streaming services are actively removing shows from their archives to save on residual payments. So it's not just about a slowdown in new shows coming out, but also the loss of access to existing shows. For example HBO Max has entirely removed Westworld, a show that's not that old and just completed it's 4th and final season this year. So the whole idea of "I'll wat…
Compound this with ever more streaming services, and it is an easy bet people will turn back to piracy. In this case, I think it is an ease of access issue vs a cost issue. Having 3-4 streaming subs is still vastly cheaper than cable, but when shows start vanishing and libraries become smaller and smaller or filled with junk, people will look to alternatives.
These days, VPN's are cheap and it has never been easier or better to set up a media streaming app in your own home. I've seen one that automatically downloads shows and movies with no input from the user. That is the type of ease of use coupled with the notion that content will always be available is likely to be a draw for a lot of people.
There was a period of about 8-10 years where I didn't think much about pirating content but recently I find myself leaning more towards the dark side because it is cheaper, quicker and more convenient.
> One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue ... The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It’s by giving those people a service that’s better than what they’re receiving from the pirates.
~10 years ago Netflix was superior. With the shifting catalog and the pricing tiers for high-quality streaming, the value proposition is not as clear today.
The big takeaway (for me) from this article is that streaming services are actively removing shows from their archives to save on residual payments. So it's not just about a slowdown in new shows coming out, but also the loss of access to existing shows. For example HBO Max has entirely removed Westworld, a show that's not that old and just completed it's 4th and final season this year. So the whole idea of "I'll wat…