Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?::<em>What should I watch? </em>is now a much easier question than <em>How do I watch it?</em>

  • Funderpants @lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    The decline of legal streaming, through the dividing up of content onto multiple expensive streaming platforms, has pushed me away from legal options onto the black/grey market where I can get much more content for much less on a more convenient single platform.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      They were never competing with cable but with piracy. Of all media sellers it seems Gabe Newell was unique in understanding that

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        10 months ago

        By all accounts Gabe isn’t also a gargantuan piece of shit, which also sets him apart from the other media sellers.

        • Opeth@lemm.ee
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          10 months ago

          Somehow my mind read over the isn’t and I had to deeply think on Wtf I missed and couldn’t come up with shit

    • prongs@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      I think this is true for most people on Lemmy. But I do wonder what the average streaming users will do. What about “free” streaming platforms like Channel 4 in the UK? Content is king, and the path of least resistance will always trump.

      • phillaholic@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        Pluto TV is massively popular with my older relatives. Free, plays the shows they like, and they don’t care about the obnoxious ads. Luckily none of them have bought the fake gold coins, Trumpy Bears (don’t even look it up), or Shitty My Pillows yet.

      • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        Two days after the Super Mario movie hit theaters I walked into my barber shop and it was playing in 4K on the TV. HDMI streaming sticks loaded with self updating piracy apps with a simple Netflix-like interface can be found easily by most consumers.