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Studios are cracking down on some of the internet’s most popular pirating sites (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Or if there were 45 services, but they all basically had everything, rather than all of them having basically nothing

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Music has this right. Don't like spotify? Try Tidal, Qobuz, etc. They all have the same music, but slightly different models to attract different users (Spotify has free and paid tiers, Tidal does high quality, Qobuz does streaming plans as well as individual song purchases).

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Exactly. I'd be fine with picking my favorite streaming service and adding on a bundle for some additional content. As in, I could get Netflix for $10/month, and add Disney+ content for another $5 or whatever.

That way I can pick the service I want without losing the content I want, and the content creators still get paid for their content while keeping prices for most people low.

That's kind of how Steam works, I can buy any game I want and both Steam and the dev get paid. Or I can buy the game through the dev directly and the dev gets a bigger cut. I'll choose Steam if the experience there is better, or I'll choose the dev if they provide a good experience. That should be how streaming works...

[–] skulblaka 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

God, it's cable TV packages all over again. Streaming was supposed to destroy this problem, not become it!

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 1 points 3 months ago

The problem with cable TV was that I still can't watch what I want, when I want. With streaming, I can. But the more services there are with exclusives, the more apps I need to get the content I want.

If I can pick the content I want at any streaming service, then the choice becomes about which streaming service I want, not what content I want. I hate juggling apps, and I'd rather pay a bit extra on one app to get more content than continually switch apps.