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On the other hand, as long as the current streaming services' back catalog of available movies and TV shows is so ridiculously meagre, BitTorrent will do pretty
by lobster_johnson 9y ago
On the other hand, as long as the current streaming services' back catalog of available movies and TV shows is so ridiculously meagre, BitTorrent will do pretty well, I suspect.
I wonder who's going to supply that back catalog. Both Apple and Amazon have a fairly lackluster collection. For the real good stuff, there's FilmStruck (which has a small but revolving portion of the Criterion Collection), MUBI and Fandor. But it's pretty ridiculous that you have to subscribe to a combination of these to get access to quality media.
Meanwhile, companies like MGM and Warner Bros. are sitting on huge, underused back catalogs from their entire company history that's not available to watch, not even on DVD.
- telchar 9y agoThis right here is extremely frustrating to me. There is approximately zero marginal cost to distribute that back-catalog, but they just keep it locked away. I think Amazon does the best job of the legal sources I have seen, though I find it hard to stomach paying $4 to watch a movie made before my parents were born.
- kgwgk 9y agoIf you don’t want to pay a few dollars to watch a movie and the parent comment finds ridiculous to subscribe to yet another provider, what incentive do they have to make their catalogs available?
- Joe-Z 9y agoMaking a shitton of money, because when your expenses are virtually zero, every $ you make will be profit