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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/15615735

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think we should make publisher/distributer combos illegal, that'll solve the problem real quick.

Want to run a streaming platform? Great, you just can't be a publisher too

Want to make/publish content? Great, you just can't run your own streaming platform

It's how it used to work for the longest time until Comcrap bought TW (Or was it TW buying Comcrap?)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Cool, Netflix streaming and Natflix publishing are now subsidiaries of Notflix inc. Soon to launch their new 18+ streaming service, Nutflix.."

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

Well a well written law would be able to deal with that, but even if my idea had a chance of becoming law, its final text probably would be loopholed to death unfortunately

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

This is rooted in the early days of cinema, in which theaters were also owned by the studios, and so would only show the stuff the studio produced. Was gonna go into it in my comment, but decided against it to keep it short. Another commenter also mentioned it, and that's pretty much what I'm proposing. I'm suggesting specifically that they have to show everything in order to also avoid exclusivity deals. Part of that, though, would also be to just not let Netflix produce its own content, but if it didn't, you'd be able to watch it on amazon anyway