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If people want to be bombarded by ads while watching low quality streams they will use pirate streams and save $6.99 a month and get a bigger library. At least

If people want to be bombarded by ads while watching low quality streams they will use pirate streams and save $6.99 a month and get a bigger library. At least the pirate streams have the common courtesy to not show you ads for penis enlargement pills during the actual show. What is the target market for this? You also can't design shows that work with ads and work without ads at the same time. The writers have to write interruptions into the script, like cliffhangers right before the ad break like they used to do, or they have to assume a continual run of the program. Since the latter is now the norm, the ad breaks will inevitably be horribly timed interruptions so bad that it's an insult to charge a monthly sub on top.

iknowSFR 4y ago
Your assumption of the average consumer’s technical chops and desires isn’t realistic. Pirating anything is not as convenient as paying $7/mo. The majority of outcomes here are either they pay the fee and get ads, pay the higher fee and don’t get ads, or don’t pay and don’t watch. It’s not a pirate or don’t pirate discussion for most of the world.
- Beaver117 4y ago
  A large percentage of the world pirates. If you can't learn how or find someone to teach you, when the benefits are clear, then you deserve to pay and suffer through ads.
  - joemazerino 4y ago
    I sincerely doubt a large percentage of the world has the technical know-how to pirate. Watching cracked streams is akin to trading endpoint security for the latest GOTR episode, too.
    - aamoscodes 4y ago
      I mostly agree with you, with one clarification that you don’t personally need to know how piracy works to benefit from it. Piracy is very common outside of the US. In the US piracy is an individual decision, you pick your storage and tools yourself. Other places it’s trivially easy to find someone selling pirated media in local markets.
- faeriechangling 4y ago
  Piracy isn't just a "nerd" thing, I literally saw EVERY sibling and classmate doing it growing up because they had no money. Using these sites is not rocket science, they're designed to be usable by the average person, they just have to click through 6 ads on the way to their video.
austhrow743 4y ago
If people don't want to watch ads they can pirate as well. What is the target market for purchasing digital media in general?
- maximus-decimus 4y ago
  collectors, people who want to own a physical copy, video quality, convenience
- faeriechangling 4y ago
  People who want to stream using a web browser, or their roku, or just their iPhone, and have it "just work" by clicking on a video to play, but want higher quality video without porn spam. Many of the piracy methods you use to get (better than) streaming quality are a little finicky especially if you aren't technically inclined. The big time pirates I know drop thousands of dollars on equipment. Streaming is dead easy, you just need to find a site and click through ads. The latter bit is why Netflix was a better experience, but now?

iknowSFR 4y ago

Your assumption of the average consumer’s technical chops and desires isn’t realistic. Pirating anything is not as convenient as paying $7/mo. The majority of outcomes here are either they pay the fee and get ads, pay the higher fee and don’t get ads, or don’t pay and don’t watch. It’s not a pirate or don’t pirate discussion for most of the world.

Beaver117 4y ago
A large percentage of the world pirates. If you can't learn how or find someone to teach you, when the benefits are clear, then you deserve to pay and suffer through ads.
- joemazerino 4y ago
  I sincerely doubt a large percentage of the world has the technical know-how to pirate. Watching cracked streams is akin to trading endpoint security for the latest GOTR episode, too.
  - aamoscodes 4y ago
    I mostly agree with you, with one clarification that you don’t personally need to know how piracy works to benefit from it. Piracy is very common outside of the US. In the US piracy is an individual decision, you pick your storage and tools yourself. Other places it’s trivially easy to find someone selling pirated media in local markets.
faeriechangling 4y ago
Piracy isn't just a "nerd" thing, I literally saw EVERY sibling and classmate doing it growing up because they had no money. Using these sites is not rocket science, they're designed to be usable by the average person, they just have to click through 6 ads on the way to their video.

austhrow743 4y ago

If people don't want to watch ads they can pirate as well. What is the target market for purchasing digital media in general?

maximus-decimus 4y ago
collectors, people who want to own a physical copy, video quality, convenience
faeriechangling 4y ago
People who want to stream using a web browser, or their roku, or just their iPhone, and have it "just work" by clicking on a video to play, but want higher quality video without porn spam. Many of the piracy methods you use to get (better than) streaming quality are a little finicky especially if you aren't technically inclined. The big time pirates I know drop thousands of dollars on equipment. Streaming is dead easy, you just need to find a site and click through ads. The latter bit is why Netflix was a better experience, but now?