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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

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Post by fdgfikgfv »

heaney-555 wrote: post #48
OroPla wrote: post #25

I 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.

>It is way cheaper long term. How few songs do you listen to, and movies/shows do you watch, for this to possibly be true?

There is so much garbage on streaming platforms, I rather research and pay per song/movie than waste time on trash. And that was before AI slop. Only reason I have subscriptions is family (cheap babysitter)

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by walrus01 »

matja wrote: post #52
polarbearballs wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could be presenting the most carefully-researched text in the world, but with such obviously machine made paper I'm not going to attempt to read it.

You're rejecting information solely based on the aesthetic quality of the delivery medium?

Even if the information is accurate, I'm calling it low effort slop... Smart LLMs have basically automated producing a plausible looking "content farm".

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by mrweasel »

heaney-555 wrote: post #48
OroPla wrote: post #25

I 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.

>It is way cheaper long term. How few songs do you listen to, and movies/shows do you watch, for this to possibly be true?

Movies and TV shows I can maybe see. There hasn't really be a show that I really wanted to watch for the past... two years, except a few that are on public broadcast or only available on DVD.

Music I don't get, you can't even buy a single CD for the price of a streaming music subscription, unless you buy used, in which case you can get as many as 10 CDs per month.

Video streaming and it's licensing model is horribly horribly broken, there's no reason why I should have three to five subscriptions just so HBO and Netflix can produce yet another drawn out true crime show about someone how got lost half way around the world in 1983.

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by walrus01 »

honestlyranked wrote: post #2

I got annoyed that "the price" of a subscription is really two prices — the one advertised and the one you end up paying — and that nobody keeps the receipts. So I built a tracker that checks 27 providers' public pricing pages daily, and separately curated dated, sourced price histories for streaming services going back to 2010. The streaming number surprised me. Nine services, flagship tiers: March 2021: $95.91/mont…

Did you write this, or did Claude?

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by Brendinooo »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #26

You 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.

This is such a weird take.

Did you gatekeep people who built sites with FrontPage as well?

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by jbs789 »

ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #35

Any price comparison over time should include inflation. Otherwise this is akin to comparing speed of 2 objects in a relativistic setting without stating the frame of reference. Side note: I don't know why, but the existence of a "cite this" section on this page made me sad.

This site is showing you inflation!

The relevant comparison would be your individual wages.

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by CPLX »

ahmedfromtunis wrote: post #35

Any price comparison over time should include inflation. Otherwise this is akin to comparing speed of 2 objects in a relativistic setting without stating the frame of reference. Side note: I don't know why, but the existence of a "cite this" section on this page made me sad.

This IS inflation.

That's like saying your snow report for skiing should be adjusted for weather.

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by rcxdude »

pbmonster wrote: post #23
MYEUHD wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Though it's a little circular, because this is the kinda of thing that goes into the inflation calculation.

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by mystifyingpoi »

bnastic wrote: post #44
nottorp wrote: post #27

Ok a price increase but: "nine streaming subscriptions". No one sane will do nine streaming subscriptions. The market is insane in itself for assuming that.

Apple Music, Netflix, Disney+, BBC. That's four. I don't want any of them. Three I have to take due to kids' nagging, the fourth I have to take due to state apparatus' nagging and legal threats.

Easy, just make kids pay for these, if they need them this much.

Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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Post by amenghra »

pixel_popping wrote: post #53
OroPla wrote: post #25

I 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.

It's not way cheaper long-term at all, I mean unless you really watch/listen to a tiny amount of content, you can rip the same way with Netflix, Hulu and so-on as well so I don't see how that makes it more durable? What you are doing is practically the same equivalent as downloading torrents, how do you have "more guarantees" than just downloading? PS: I'm saying this because what you are doing is already illegal so…

If you buy the DVD and rip it to make it easier to watch / as a backup, it might be legal in your jurisdiction.
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