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Re: Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To Piracy

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Post by Scoundreller »

merlinsbrain wrote: post #311
on_and_off wrote: post #280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has already happened to me as well. Look, I want a convenient way to watch movies. I would even be ready to pay more than I do right now to Netflix to have a library of ALL the movies I want to watch. 1 library, not 10, especially if they may or may not contain the movie I want to see. My honeymoon period with Netflix and co is over. - I feel that their original content has dried out : there is even more of it, bu…

If you’re willing to pay, why not rent from the iTunes Store / Amazon Prime? Pick one, they’ve had all the movies / TV shows I wanted to watch, which are not all mainstream. If there’s an exception and there’s something you don’t find it there - well, do you, but I really don’t understand how piracy is the default answer to convenience with people claiming they have the willingness to pay. Someone else commented abou…

I gave the iTunes rents thing a try. It wouldn’t let me play it on my TV.

Back to torrenting I went.

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Post by arghwhat »

holy_city wrote: post #398
elif wrote: post #367

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The inconvenient part is I have to labor for income to pay for all these services. That's really a bummer because I prefer to not labor. Additionally, I am in 6 countries for 9 months of this year. It is inconvenient that YouTube TV tells me the $35 I am paying them buys me absolutely nothing, despite the app saying "some content and local channels" will not be available, Netflix forces me to stop halfway through a s…

It's my understanding that the issues with international content distribution have to do with regulatory differences across borders, not the streaming services themselves.

It has to do mainly with an archaic business model where the rights are given to local distributors that have no purpose anymore.

They are the only ones allowed to license the work in a region, so providibg a movie or selection requires separate licensing agreements for every country or region it is served in.

Businesses that manage to take fees for nothing due historic reasons need to be eliminated.

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Post by VikingCoder »

I want a device like a Roku.

I don't want to think in terms of channels (streaming choices like Amazon Prime, Netflix, Google Play, CBS, Disney+, etc.)

I'd like to think in terms of content and suggestions.

I want the Roku to completely hide the channel (streaming provider) from me.

In addition to paying membership to Netflix, I want to be able to purchase content, too. I really appreciate Movies Anywhere. I hope more content can fall under umbrellas like that.

Re: Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To Piracy

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Post by Scoundreller »

criddell wrote: post #381
gbear605 wrote: post #323

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Another good option is your local library system. They almost certainly have the dvd, and for free too.

Doesn't Netflix still do DVDs by mail? That might be a good option as well.

US only though.

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Post by acomjean »

lostgame wrote: post #237
pessimizer wrote: post #234

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> That's not really what it's about. You have no idea how utterly janky Plex and torrenting is. I don't know anything about Plex, but torrenting is pretty effortless compared to figuring out which streaming service what you want to watch is on, figuring out how to get that, evaluating other content it has trying to justify the price, figuring out how to get it to your tv, and figuring out how to use it. The only thin…

>> torrenting is pretty effortless compared to figuring out which streaming service what you want to watch is on, figuring out how to get that, evaluating other content it has trying to justify the price, figuring out how to use it, and figuring out how to get it to your TV Damn. You just nailed this. In fact, hearing it this way makes me confused as to why anyone would ever use a streaming service to start. I live i…

>You know what I wish was still open? Blockbuster.

Try your local library

They often have a significant DVD section.

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Post by thefringthing »

StavrosK wrote: post #265
lostgame wrote: post #237

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>> torrenting is pretty effortless compared to figuring out which streaming service what you want to watch is on, figuring out how to get that, evaluating other content it has trying to justify the price, figuring out how to use it, and figuring out how to get it to your TV Damn. You just nailed this. In fact, hearing it this way makes me confused as to why anyone would ever use a streaming service to start. I live i…

Can you not just do that now with Google Movies or whatnot?

You can still do it at the library, and for free!

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Post by pyronik19 »

icebraining wrote: post #316
theelous3 wrote: post #185

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You pay for access, not for use, so there is no way of incurring debt.

So they just don't suspend your account even if billing fails, then after a year or so they can go after the price for 12 months of access. Alternatively, they can do the same as the ISPs around here: jack up the sticker price, then give a large discount - conditional on your permanence as a client for X months. If you decide to cancel, you have to pay them back the discount accrued.

Even more reasons to pirate. I don't pirate because I think it's right. I pirate because I just don't care.

Re: Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To Piracy

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Post by dvdbloc »

holy_city wrote: post #398
elif wrote: post #367

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The inconvenient part is I have to labor for income to pay for all these services. That's really a bummer because I prefer to not labor. Additionally, I am in 6 countries for 9 months of this year. It is inconvenient that YouTube TV tells me the $35 I am paying them buys me absolutely nothing, despite the app saying "some content and local channels" will not be available, Netflix forces me to stop halfway through a s…

It's my understanding that the issues with international content distribution have to do with regulatory differences across borders, not the streaming services themselves.

Does little to change the point, piracy still doesn’t have these restrictions.

Re: Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To Piracy

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Post by ajmurmann »

lostgame wrote: post #237
pessimizer wrote: post #234

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> That's not really what it's about. You have no idea how utterly janky Plex and torrenting is. I don't know anything about Plex, but torrenting is pretty effortless compared to figuring out which streaming service what you want to watch is on, figuring out how to get that, evaluating other content it has trying to justify the price, figuring out how to get it to your tv, and figuring out how to use it. The only thin…

>> torrenting is pretty effortless compared to figuring out which streaming service what you want to watch is on, figuring out how to get that, evaluating other content it has trying to justify the price, figuring out how to use it, and figuring out how to get it to your TV Damn. You just nailed this. In fact, hearing it this way makes me confused as to why anyone would ever use a streaming service to start. I live i…

If you want to rent a movie both Google Play and Amazon still have you covered. TV shows though are a different topic now that streaming providers are making their own content.

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Post by mattkrause »

matwood wrote: post #104
akhilcacharya wrote: post #62

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I remember the days (circa 2009/2010) where the main complaint about streaming Netflix was that there was nothing on it compared to the disk collection. When exactly did that change? There must have been a brief “monopoly period” when Netflix had all of the content, but I don’t remember it.

> There must have been a brief “monopoly period” when Netflix had all of the content, but I don’t remember it. I think it's important to segment the content into movies and TV shows. At one point Netflix did have a lot of popular TV shows, and new seasons seem to show up pretty quickly. Netflix never really had a huge selection of popular movies. Some here and there, but never a deep catalog.

Streaming didn't, but the DVD service had an absurdly deep catalog.
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