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Surely the audiences that bought DVDs are still there, so I guess the issue really is either: a) streaming does not pay per viewer as well as DVDs used to do (
by toyg 5y ago
Surely the audiences that bought DVDs are still there, so I guess the issue really is either:
a) streaming does not pay per viewer as well as DVDs used to do (which is a commercial issue and relatively easy to fix: just force streamers to pay more, or invest in a dedicated "alt-films" service), or
b) current streaming services fail at surfacing non-blockbusters. This is hard to fix (it's a problem common to basically everything on the web - there is only so much space on a screen, winner-takes-all, and people don't like going to multiple sites to do one thing).
- afavour 5y ago> which is a commercial issue and relatively easy to fix: just force streamers to pay more, or invest in a dedicated "alt-films" service I’d counter and say that neither of those things are particularly easy to achieve.
- toyg 5y agoI mean, it's a "people problem" - given the right incentive and alignment of social planets, it can definitely be done. Whereas the other side of the problem may not be solvable at all. Hence "relatively".