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TBH, I agree with him about all of the things he points out as “wrong” with the typical streaming model. But I don’t think it’s productive to take an “anti-Netf
by egwynn 10y ago
TBH, I agree with him about all of the things he points out as “wrong” with the typical streaming model. But I don’t think it’s productive to take an “anti-Netflix” position as a response. I think all of our time would be much better spent trying to think of a better streaming model and then advocate for/promote that instead of boycotting the other stuff. Lead by example, guys.
- egwynn 10y agoPut another way: RMS is a hardliner/purist about privacy and intellectual freedom. As far as I’ve read, he considers it unacceptable to compromise his privacy/freedom in basically all contexts. His conclusions are reached soundly, assuming you started from his first-principles. But if you, like so many of us, are willing to trade some privacy/freedom for some convenience, then his conclusions won’t make any sense. It’d be awesome if we had higher expectations of privacy/freedom from our technology. But I just don’t think boycotting Netflix is an effective strategy for getting there.