Half a dozen subscriptions? I’d need all of them, and they still would fall short. We’re talking hundreds/month to cover a good percent of media in existence. T

Half a dozen subscriptions? I’d need all of them, and they still would fall short. We’re talking hundreds/month to cover a good percent of media in existence. The marginal cost of storing and streaming a video is basically zero. There are so many shows and movies that do not exist on any services as far as I can see. Capitalists are too damn greedy for their own good in this case. If services provided everything at fair rates the arguments against piracy would hold water. Instead they create artificial scarcity that actively pushes people towards piracy. The individual actions of these gatekeepers may seem rational in the immediate context but lose all rationality when put into proper perspective. Unfortunately vast wealth and strictly hierarchical organizations have shaped these people to reject compromise and collaboration - the foundational survival adaptation of our society. Podcasts are the same way. I have like 300 subscriptions and over 200 of those have patreons or similar with minimum donations of $5. The UX of rotating through the premium subscriptions to each is terrible. Ignoring the $1k/yr minimum, I don’t have hours every month to waste on signing up for and cancelling subs. I’d happily pay a non zero amount to support all these casters but the default easy path of paying over $1k/mo is so ludicrous I won’t materially support any that use platforms with such high minimums out of principal. Once again, these are conscious decisions made by patreon and credit card processors to actively prohibit true micro transactions. This has a deleterious effect on the industry by keeping people like from supporting podcasters. I’m sure this state of affairs is seen as a positive by the incumbents whose interests are threatened by these bootstrapped creators.