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I remember how people on the internet used to complain about how they didn’t want all of the garbage channels that were bundled with cable. Now they are complai
by tested23 9y ago
I remember how people on the internet used to complain about how they didn’t want all of the garbage channels that were bundled with cable. Now they are complaining about being able to pick and choose what they pay for. (Yes you don’t need to have access to every subscription service)
Two things to note, pirates will always find some way to rationalize their theft and the consumer is a child that wants to have their cake and eat it too.
- bencoder 9y agoThe problem with the cable bundles is they bundled maybe one thing/channel you want with a bunch of crap you don't to bulk it out and make it seem worth it. Honestly I'm happy to pay for the different 'bundles' like Netflix, prime and hbo (and Disney if I had kids). But I want it under one service, with the ability to pay a one-off fee to watch something I'm not subscribed to. At the moment the fragmentation is crazy, and Netflix wins so if it's not there I'll rarely go looking on Amazon to see if they have it, even though I pay for that service. I really think there is a good opportunity for someone to unify these services, but it probably has to come from inside the industry. Hopefully in a few years when they realise that less friction will win in the long run
- votepaunchy 9y agoThis aggregation of services is what Apple is doing with their TV app. And with iOS 11 the major providers will be in on SSO.
- hyperdunc 9y agoCopyright infringement isn't theft.
- calafrax 9y agoword. unlicensed content delivery platforms still vastly superior in terms of quality and depth of content after over a decade and billions spent by netflix, hulu, etc. if you really want people to pay for a product you should offer better quality than the people who give it away.
- ovao 9y agoThe quality may be better, but can you stream pirated content on, say, an iPad app or on a pre-installed TV app? Netflix and other legal providers seem to have a real value proposition versus illegal providers, but I'll admit it's been several years since I've taken any interest in piracy.
- Omniusaspirer 9y agoYes, you can easily stream your owned multimedia content to basically any device. https://emby.media/community/index.php?/forum/18-emby-apps/ https://emby.media/community/index.php?/forum/18-emby-apps/ https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/203082707-Supported-Plex-Companion-Apps https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/203082707-Supporte...
- nebabyte 9y agocontrolled walled gardens = "value proposition"
- tested23 9y agoThank you for proving my point
- hyperdunc 9y agoA sentinent like "pirates will always find a way to rationalize theft" is unreasonably dismissive and perhaps shaped to protect an ideological position. This is a question of semantics. You're trying to coopt the gravitas of the word "theft". But theft is the illegal removal of a (physical) item, not copying an item while leaving the original as it is.
- imtringued 9y agoHow can you know that hyperdunc is a "pirate"? How can you know that hyperdunc advocates for further "piracy"? His argument is that there is a word for copyright infringement and the word clearly isn't theft or piracy.
- ovao 9y agoA good consumer will always want to have their cake and eat it too: that isn't childish. A consumer's expectation that it will always pan out that way is the point of naiveté.