Money comparisons that aren't inflation adjusted aren't "honest". They are in fact DIShonest.
The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
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Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Piracy is one.
If you want guaranteed future access, then this is probably the only online option that actually fulfills this guarantee... other than that, physical media.
Often the same people behind both!
Fun fact: pirates are more likely than the average person to purchase media.
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Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
So in real terms it's up 26%. Which of course is to be expected, people have a set amount they are willing to spend on entertainment, in the past it was cable -- in 2015 the average US cable TV subscription was about $100, that's about $140 today in real terms, or $1700 a year. Seems that streamers have a long way to go before they extract all that money.
How did you come up with the 26% number?
Total consumer-price inflation has been about 27.7% since 2021.
Inflation is multiplicative, so: 1.277 * 1.26 = 1.61 giving us the 61% subscriptions went up.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Piracy is one.
If you want guaranteed future access, then this is probably the only online option that actually fulfills this guarantee... other than that, physical media.
I regularly snag DVDs for $1 USD or less at garage/yard/boot sales. I see tons of cheap used physical media in record shops when I travel, too. eBay and Facebook Marketplace are also great sources for used DVD.
I promote this because not only does it restore some mastery* over your media, it keeps these discs out of landfills and oceans, where they will linger in a shredded state.
*we are, of course, still subject to any anti-piracy measures and non-removeable advertisements on the disc, which admittedly seems quaint by today's DRM standards, but I ccannot rightly say "complete" mastery over your media, here.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#25I am still happy with my decision to never get entertainment subscription services. I buy CDs (that I rip) and BDs (that I let someone else rip, since that's a science in itself). This guarantees me access forever and I get to sell down the line, if I feel like it.
It is way cheaper long term.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#26You could be presenting the most carefully-researched information in the world, but with such an obviously vibecoded site I'm not going to attempt to read it.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#27Ok a price increase but:
"nine streaming subscriptions".
No one sane will do nine streaming subscriptions. The market is insane in itself for assuming that.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#28This is why I steal all my shit.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you want guaranteed future access, then this is probably the only online option that actually fulfills this guarantee... other than that, physical media.
I regularly snag DVDs for $1 USD or less at garage/yard/boot sales. I see tons of cheap used physical media in record shops when I travel, too. eBay and Facebook Marketplace are also great sources for used DVD. I promote this because not only does it restore some mastery* over your media, it keeps these discs out of landfills and oceans, where they will linger in a shredded state. *we are, of course, still subject to…
I watch films on streaming rather than old dvds with unskippable nonsense like "don't pirate this dvd" (well obviously I didn't, that's why I have the dvd), or the pain of the menu systems to just press play.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#30I am still happy with my decision to never get entertainment subscription services. I buy CDs (that I rip) and BDs (that I let someone else rip, since that's a science in itself). This guarantees me access forever and I get to sell down the line, if I feel like it. It is way cheaper long term.
Yeah that. I am mostly running on FLAC rips I did myself.