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Because it's a pain to mess around subscribing/cancelling over and over. Time is far more valuable than money and the older I get the more the disparity grows.
That takes 30s
I don't understand
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
#382You 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?
FrontPage didn't generate your content for you! So there was no reason to assume a FrontPage page might be meaningless just from how it looked. For AI-generated sites, though, if the page looks like slop, is it worth bothering to figure out if it actually is slop? It's not like they're uncorrelated variables. Sure, occasionally it won't be. But I'm drowning here. I must simply assume that if someone is serious about conveying a message, they won't package it in this form.
I don't think it's even gatekeeping. You could copy-paste two tables and write two sentences into a Word document and export to HTML, one of the laziest possible ways to produce a website, and it'd still be less off-putting because it doesn't have the association with slop content.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
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I've gotten it many years, but rarely watched it, because my login keeps "expiring" on Roku. If I don't watch it for, say, a month, I'll need to log in again. It's terribly inconvenient. Hope they fix(ed) it.
Unavailable outside US/Canada. See "Is Passport available outside of the U.S.?" section of: https://help.pbs.org/support/solutions/articles/12000096220-... PBS is not a producer, but rather a distributor of programming. Some details that imply workarounds might be difficult (although I suggest instead better to Google for how to access): https://help.pbs.org/support/solutions/articles/12000096659-... https://help.pbs…
Did you respond to the wrong comment?
This is not about being outside the US or using a VPN. This is about the pain of having to repeatedly log in.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
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The last PBS produced video I watched (it was on yt) was on the current super El Nino, totally cool. But somehow they managed to segue into more than a few minutes of "Remind white people of what happened 300 years ago" right in the middle of it. No thanks. I'm here for science, and if your writers are mostly people primarily concerned with making sure they bow at the alter in every single video, I'm 100% out. It's l…
The "Remind white people of what happened 300 years ago" in question is an explainer on how a 19th century Super El Nino wiped out over 3% of the world's population, mostly in Asia, despite the fact that these regions had experienced famines and droughts at numerous points in their prior history. The video then asks the question, "Why was this so much more deadly?" The explanation posits that this was only possible d…
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Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#385I 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.
Plus the collection can be inherited by somebody later. If they don't want it, it could be re-sold at second-hand prices.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
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There's also an interesting side effect of owning limited media that streaming advocates overlook. When you own 3 albums, you'll listen to them more often. You will put more effort into memorizing them. You'll listen to the tracks that were not designed to be radio hits by a committee but were instead the songs the band came up with on their own. You get way more out of your investment when you invest mentally and em…
Is that a good thing? One of the benefits to streaming for me is precisely that I don't want to get stuck being an old guy who just listens to music from when I was a teenager/young adult. 20 new bands per month is certainly excessive, but with the radio long-dead, how do you discover new music without some kind of streaming service?
Music stores still exist. Many of them have setups that let you listen to clips from new albums as well. You can also buy secondhand albums at thrift stores and pawn shops, or trade with others.
Friends might mention a band they enjoy, or you might hear a snippet on a video and look into it. Movie soundtracks occasionally have great music from well-established bands I've never heard of.
And you can go to live shows and check out local artists, buy their merch if they're any good.
Streaming is not the only way. Never has been, and never will be.
As far as your first question, is that a good thing, it's entirely subjective. But listening to a full album when you only "like" one song on it will expose you to new music, and might broaden your horizons or help you develop taste.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#387Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unavailable outside US/Canada. See "Is Passport available outside of the U.S.?" section of: https://help.pbs.org/support/solutions/articles/12000096220-... PBS is not a producer, but rather a distributor of programming. Some details that imply workarounds might be difficult (although I suggest instead better to Google for how to access): https://help.pbs.org/support/solutions/articles/12000096659-... https://help.pbs…
Did you respond to the wrong comment? This is not about being outside the US or using a VPN. This is about the pain of having to repeatedly log in.
Yep - meant to be on parent comment sorry.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#388Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's also an interesting side effect of owning limited media that streaming advocates overlook. When you own 3 albums, you'll listen to them more often. You will put more effort into memorizing them. You'll listen to the tracks that were not designed to be radio hits by a committee but were instead the songs the band came up with on their own. You get way more out of your investment when you invest mentally and em…
Is that a good thing? One of the benefits to streaming for me is precisely that I don't want to get stuck being an old guy who just listens to music from when I was a teenager/young adult. 20 new bands per month is certainly excessive, but with the radio long-dead, how do you discover new music without some kind of streaming service?
You have to actually look not just get spoon fed by the algorithm. Community is how you find music. Subreddits, forums, record stores. You find reviewers with similar tastes and see what they like. You search “bands like X” on the Internet. You keep up with artists you like and watch for new albums. It’s more active than just letting the algorithm feed you stuff but it works. Also radio still exists and public radio especially is still great for discovery.
Or if you’re ripping your CDs and listening via apps you can just scrobble and get algo recommendations still while owning your music and without a monthly fee.
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
#389I'm launching a small SaaS this week and the only pricing promise I made to early customers is that their price never goes up
Threads like this are most of the reason
Re: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
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I stream on youtube to discover and purchase LPs and FLACs on bandcamp and tickets for live shows to support the artist and not the rent seekers.
>I stream on youtube Right, so then how you really access most of your your music is through advertising or ad-blocking, not CDs.
No, most often I listen to my own collection.