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My biggest problem nowadays is not display hardware but content. The experience of acquiring content is terrible - I have to browse many various storefronts wh

My biggest problem nowadays is not display hardware but content. The experience of acquiring content is terrible - I have to browse many various storefronts which only have subsets of the content I might want and then pay money to "buy" media knowing full well it's ephemeral and will eventually get lost when the company shuts down, discontinues their service or closes my account for an alleged violation of ToS. Back in the day I used to pirate and watch tons of stuff as a result, but ironically despite my disposable income rising to a level where I don't need to pirate I pretty much gave up on watching movies at home.

mromanuk 4y ago
At the beginning, piracy was the only way to access content. It was also about building a large library without having to wait for content to become available. Some people saw the Blu-ray era as a relic of the past because they didn't want to deal with physical media. During the HTPC era (with programs like XBMC, Kodi, and later Plex), it was possible to download the top 100 movies automatically and watch them on your TV. Some major media companies noticed this and released their own streaming platforms, which improved the user experience. Now, all of that has changed. Most major media companies have their own stores, and the content is fragmented. You have to think and search before you can play anything because you don't know who owns the rights to a particular piece of content (this also varies depending on your location). Some content can even disappear from a platform. The user experience is broken again. Today, piracy is not about access to content, but about the user experience. Having one store is better than many.