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Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it? (www.theatlantic.com)

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[–] lamyipming@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I blame Disney in particular. People are just so short-sighted.

[–] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Disney felt like a tipping point for me (and Netflix's new role as a production company). It was only when that came about that people like Paramount started offering their own services (idk how true that is but it's certainly how it felt).

I still pay for Disney+ right now, but a big part of the appeal of streaming for me was having lots of stuff in one place. Now it's just cable/satellite all over again.

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It’s just cable/satellite all over again.

Not really though. We can get it ad-free, and watch content on our schedules, not theirs.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I never left the high seas because I knew the sociopaths running these corps would screw everything eventually. It was obvious with the way they treated music streaming...

Even though I completely stopped pirating music a decade ago, since I could listen to everything I wanted to on Spotify, when I paid for Netflix I'd still torrent the content I liked. Now that content is no longer on Netflix, but they are still on my hard drives, and I can watch them wherever I want.

If consumers stopped paying for streaming services en mass, they'd be forced to change their business model, but they'll keep making money by screwing both consumers and their workers because consumers are people, and people are idiots.