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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It baffles me to no end that a company will pull their own IP from their servers. It costs them next to nothing to leave that up for stream. That was the whole premise of streaming in the first place!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Right? Streaming services need to remember that they're competing against piracy. For several years, I would say they were winning. Then they started to pull their IP back to their own platforms and Balkanize into what amounts to a cable package 2.0

I'm more than happy to pay for my content so that the creators and staff get paid for their work, but there's only so much BS I'm willing to put up with before I dust off the old torrent client and try to remember how to sail the high seas. Pulling content like this is one such form of BS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm still waiting for it all to come full circle and have some company offer a bundle deal for a bunch of different streaming platforms that aren't already under the same roof. Amazon Prime is closest to that model already since you can add other streamers individually for additional fees.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, shit like this is why I hate streaming.

On the bright side, the news about Prodigy being pulled is why I started watching it today. Seems pretty fun so far!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They pay residuals to the creators per viewing so not giving anyone the option to stream it is the cheapest option. Netflix doesn't ask you if you're still watching because they're trying to save you electricity or not run up your monthly data cap.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I figured it saved them electricity and bandwidth

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Only proportional to the viewership. Which is their product. So removing their product removes cost? If course, but it also removes business.

You want to minimize cost without hurting your sales. In the case of subscription there's a strong indirect link between viewership and sales. A consumer doesn't want to pay a subscription for something they don't use.