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This shouldn't be surprising since we all know that Disney will be bringing out their own streaming service in 2019...

sundvor 8y ago
Torrents are dead, they said. Well at least it disappeared from the mainstream when it got easy and relatively cheap to legally access movies and TV shows. With the increasing fragmentation of commercial content networks, I can easily see a resurrection of public interest in non-legit ways of consuming content.
- fourmii 8y ago
  It's funny, in a way, this is what we all wanted. We eventually started to reject cable TV and cut cords in droves because we decided we didn't want to pay for unwanted bundled content.
- infectoid 8y ago
  Pretty much how I see it. I'm happy to pay if you make it easy for me to get what I want. I reckon that all the streaming services should agree on a standard for distribution via their API's so that third parties can write better front ends that can connect to and search all of the services you are subscribed to. So I would: - Subscribe to Netflix - Subscribe to Disney - Install my streaming frontend of choice - Connect both services either using an API key or PIN or SSO, etc Now I can give them my money every month and have one interface to access all the services. Sure, they may want to offer different features to differentiate their brand but that can be accounted for to some degree in the agreed standard. Or something. I dunno what's going to fix this miss.
  - iamdave 8y ago
    So an online cable company? I was wondering if I'd see the day where the "buy from one get access to all" content consumption model came back, but applied to streaming services.
- teh_klev 8y ago
  > Torrents are dead, they said. Well....guess what, they're very much alive again. As a European I don't have access to Hulu, HBO etc. The Netflix catalogue range here is still a fraction of Netflix US. I doubt we'll see Disney for years to come, if at all. So I'm back to the torrents again, despite wanting to pay for content. Maybe I sound like an entitled brat (I'm kinda not at 51), but I have the money burning in my pocket to pay for content (one-off rentals - I'm fine with that) and the studios still just don't seem to get it.
  - dijit 8y ago
    Chiming in as a 28 year old who was having a generally great time with iTunes, buying music and having it backed up in the cloud on by behalf was definitely something I enjoyed until Apple changed directions and kept pushing Apple Music. Now iTunes and my Music app are nerfed enough that I don’t buy music through my phone anymore. I’m happy to pay if it’s easy. But I would like to own access to my music/movies/tv. Even if it costs a bit more.

Torrents are dead, they said. Well at least it disappeared from the mainstream when it got easy and relatively cheap to legally access movies and TV shows. With the increasing fragmentation of commercial content networks, I can easily see a resurrection of public interest in non-legit ways of consuming content.

fourmii 8y ago
It's funny, in a way, this is what we all wanted. We eventually started to reject cable TV and cut cords in droves because we decided we didn't want to pay for unwanted bundled content.
infectoid 8y ago
Pretty much how I see it. I'm happy to pay if you make it easy for me to get what I want. I reckon that all the streaming services should agree on a standard for distribution via their API's so that third parties can write better front ends that can connect to and search all of the services you are subscribed to. So I would: - Subscribe to Netflix - Subscribe to Disney - Install my streaming frontend of choice - Connect both services either using an API key or PIN or SSO, etc Now I can give them my money every month and have one interface to access all the services. Sure, they may want to offer different features to differentiate their brand but that can be accounted for to some degree in the agreed standard. Or something. I dunno what's going to fix this miss.
- iamdave 8y ago
  So an online cable company? I was wondering if I'd see the day where the "buy from one get access to all" content consumption model came back, but applied to streaming services.
teh_klev 8y ago
> Torrents are dead, they said. Well....guess what, they're very much alive again. As a European I don't have access to Hulu, HBO etc. The Netflix catalogue range here is still a fraction of Netflix US. I doubt we'll see Disney for years to come, if at all. So I'm back to the torrents again, despite wanting to pay for content. Maybe I sound like an entitled brat (I'm kinda not at 51), but I have the money burning in my pocket to pay for content (one-off rentals - I'm fine with that) and the studios still just don't seem to get it.
- dijit 8y ago
  Chiming in as a 28 year old who was having a generally great time with iTunes, buying music and having it backed up in the cloud on by behalf was definitely something I enjoyed until Apple changed directions and kept pushing Apple Music. Now iTunes and my Music app are nerfed enough that I don’t buy music through my phone anymore. I’m happy to pay if it’s easy. But I would like to own access to my music/movies/tv. Even if it costs a bit more.