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Re: The golden age of streaming TV is over

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Post by happyjack » Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 2:25 AM UTC

Terretta wrote: post #24

happyjack wrote: post #7

My wife and I don't watch a ton of tv, but even with our couple of streaming services one can see how the bill starts to creep towards what traditional cable costs. I can't imagine watching commercials ever again. I still think the og (Hbo) has the winning combination.

> HBO has "Had" Thanks to a past life making all this streaming stuff work in the first place, we still subscribe to “ALL THE THINGS!!!” We also tape[1] the shows we like, to more easily watch time-shifted. We could rely on provider DVRs, but when we first set this up, most didn't offer that, or only offered in terrible quality. In recent years, we nearly stopped. In 2021, for example, I didn't tape anything. In 2022…

I used to use an HD home run prime with rabbits ears and a plex server in my old apartment. They had a beta DVR that would scrub commercials (plex did).

In all honesty, I'm pretty burn out by how much content is out there. The most enjoyment I get from tv these days is watching classic drama 90s movies (Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, etc.)

Re: The golden age of streaming TV is over

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Post by abigail95 » Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 2:58 AM UTC

ReptileMan wrote: post #17

abigail95 wrote: post #8

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?

>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.

We know what it would look like.

It would look like Netflix of the past. Some IP was pulled because the owner didn't want it on Netflix at any price. Most was pulled because Netflix couldn't afford the rates, which they could if they had 10x revenue.

Re: The golden age of streaming TV is over

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Post by drewcoo » Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 9:35 AM UTC

falcolas wrote: post #78

bentley wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In a sense, I agree with you. But in another sense, I think it’s important to remember that copyright is a restriction on people’s behavior that does not naturally exist, but has been created by law. It’s easier to see the moral case for this if we think about cases other than the simple “pirating” of a show. For example, preservation. Doctor Who is a popular show that predates the practice of saving the original tap…

> But in another sense, I think it’s important to remember that copyright is a restriction on people’s behavior that does not naturally exist, but has been created by law. So is physical property ownership. Someone not walking up to your car and taking it from you at the end of a shotgun is a restriction placed on everyone by law. The only natural right you have to your car is whether you can keep it from everyone el…

> So is physical property ownership. Someone not walking up to your car and taking it from you at the end of a shotgun is a restriction placed on everyone by law. The only natural right you have to your car is whether you can keep it from everyone else by sheer force.

Good point. Property implies violence.

Point for the pirates, I mean.