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Stream Fatigue? Americans Spent 23% Less on Streaming Services in 2024, Study Finds (www.thewrap.com)

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 64 points 6 days ago (2 children)

things we tried:

jacking up prices
adding ads to paid services
canceling the better shows
not adding anything meaningful
making specifically terrible shows that are obviously terrible from the get go
making the algorithm noticeably worse to cover up for the worse output
platforming has-been comedians so they can cry about how they aren't platformed anymore on our platform in a distinctly unfunny and joke-free manner

We're out of ideas... maybe we should utilize AI?

[–] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

You forgot limiting quality on web browsers

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago

platforming has-been comedians so they can cry about how they aren’t platformed anymore on our platform in a distinctly unfunny and joke-free manner

No no, I'm sure if they get Dave Chapelle to talk about how much he hates transpeople and sees no parallels between the on-going struggles of the African American and literally ANY other Rights Movement, then I'll magically start giving a shit about what's on Netflix!

Tough break big N, maybe I'll check you out when Steel Ball Run finally gets animated.... Or not because I could probably get an uncensored version on a pirate streaming site as long as I use my VPN

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

no they started pirating because of the ridiculous number of ~~screaming~~ streaming services

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://www.screambox.com/

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

thanks autocomplete :(

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

I mean, Scream Box is a streaming service (ish), so one could say it’s a screaming service.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 45 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's not fatigue, it's enshitification. We're not going to continue paying more for less. Bye!

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

Yaaaaar!!!

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago

Very simple rule fuckers. Ads and free or paid and no ads.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Hmm... Yeah this is why they're going after pirate sites because people pushing back.

If green line for streaming does not continue to go up, I expect the propaganda with VPNs will be targeted as "used by criminals" Or "exclusive to CSAM" with talks of senate or house about "banning" or "restricting" them "for the children" in 2025

[–] socsa@piefed.social 15 points 6 days ago

This is more or less implied in project 2025 with all the age verification shit they want to implement at a national level to keep kids from learning that gay people are humans.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago

A depressingly prescient comment

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 14 points 5 days ago

Yar harr fiddly dee dee

[–] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Too many services with too low quality content.

Once Upon a Time Netflix premiered a handful of huge shows and movies a season. Then they got addicted to watch metrics and decided everything should be "second screen content" from a firehose.

Now I don't watch any Netflix original until it's concluded or has rave reviews, because it's likely to get canceled in season 1 or just not be worth watching at all. And in the rare case it is great, gets picked up, and have rave reviews, they can still fuck it up like The Witcher.

Every other network is pretty much guilty of this too. I'm so, so over it. They have made me actually long for the option of a singular cable-like license I could get, because they are so shitty at maintaining their services and their catalogs are so poor now.

I just roll my own now and host a Plex server, because fuck em.

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I don't even pirate Netflix shows because there's a good chance it will get canceled after one season. Why bother, knawmean

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

Put ads in a service I pay for?
*****cancelled!****"

[–] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 29 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I'm done with streaming it only really worked when there was one, now they've saturated it to the degree it's pointless. Not only that but they keep raising prices for a worse service and now they have all went ad crazy on top of it.

I see no benifit to subscribing to any of them I'd rather watch free to air stuff if I have to see ads, and for anything else I'll hoist the black flag since I'd likely need about 10 subscriptions otherwise.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

What killed it for me was Paramount moving all of Star Trek off Netflix when I was in the middle of a show. So, I moved to Paramount begrudgingly, and then they moved it to HBO. That's when I was done. That and the Netflix password sharing changes made up my mind, and I cancelled everything.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It probably would have worked with more than one service if they did what music did: almost everything is everywhere. If you pay for a music service, you almost certainly can find what you are looking for. (Hell, one doesn't even need to pay for Youtube and the vast majority is there too). Contrast with streaming services where each piece of content is likely only on one service.

No, I will not be paying for more than one streaming service, if your content isn't on the service I pay for, that is your problem, not mine.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Plex has a surprisingly decent selection on the live tv/movies tab.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I hadn't noticed, but the consolidation has happened. The cycle completes as the phone and cable companies all have streaming bundles now. It's cable TV again in another form. Still horseshit, but that's going to be their collective play I guess

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

It always was. They tried sueing their way out of the loss of control, that didn't work, so they moved to backroom deals, until their power was once again consolidated.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago

Maybe they should try not being shitty and expensive?

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

No one has mentioned COVID and habits. Sure we aren't in lockdown, but it was literally the only thing to do a few years ago and people likely continued due to it be a comfort.

It has changed how we did things. As well as all the enshitifucation.

[–] CaptainPieces@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago

I honestly don't even care to watch things anymore anyway; This is probably closed minded of me to say but, I feel like I've already watched my favorite movie and my favorite tv show. If new stuff comes out that is good, that's great! but it's never going to be as meaningful to me as the things I watched as I grew up. Hollywood is old news, gaming is where it's at for me now.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Sounds like they need to make it 25% more expensive next year. That will fix it!

[–] spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

I gave up on streaming entirely a few years ago, and now just collect physical media of various formats from Ebay, Yahoo Auctions, Amazon, thrift stores, antique stores, garage sales, and estate sales, etc.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are they including streaming from torrents in their study?

[–] wellbuddyweek@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I think unintentialy, but yes. They talk about spending. I don't know what you usually pay for your torrents, but I don't think it will change the number much.

[–] doktormerlin@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

From my experience there are two ways to get torrents (aside from piratebay): you either get invited to a hosting site or you pay a big entry fee. There also is stuff like IPTV now which also costs monthly

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I recently renewed a 6-month subscription to The Crew (via Kodi.) For unlimited torrent streaming, the cost is only around $2 US per month.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 8 points 6 days ago

I spent $0 and use free streaming instead. Pluto.tv, Tubi, Roku, and YouTube have plenty of shit to watch, not to mention other options. I had been a Netflix and Prime subscriber from the beginning (like, back when Netflix only shipped DVDs) but both companies kept getting shittier and charging more so I ditched them.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Can confirm. Got rid of everything this year except the YouTube Premium family plan. It gives us all the music of Spotify, tons of free movies and TV shows YouTube offers for streaming without ads, and of course all other YouTube videos without ads. You also get to play YouTube videos with your phone off, which is nice if you just want to go to sleep listening to something. And you get to add five different people, so we have me, my wife, my daughter and both mothers-in-law on the same plan. It's been really cost-effective. We're paying a fraction of what we paid before with a similar level of professional content that I actually care about watching (YouTube doesn't make most of the shows and movies they offer, so they tend to be ones they think people already like).

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Not fatigue but service issue.

[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Anecdotally Netflix is the best. Hulu, Peacock, Paramount, Disney and HBO. Are okay but feel like late 90s cable with a couple of good shows each month. We get these services when there's deal but cancel after it's over.

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