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I think this strategy will only work a little longer. The crackdown on sharing is only start. As the pressure increases on streaming services to turn more profi

by hahajk 3y ago

I think this strategy will only work a little longer. The crackdown on sharing is only start. As the pressure increases on streaming services to turn more profits I'd expect longer contract lengths. I wouldn't be surprised to see Adobe-style "reduced price monthly payment" contracts from the more corporate services.

pdimitar 3y ago
They're free to try that and much more. However it's not like the customers have a gun at their head. You don't need a PhD to conclude you're being squeezed. At one point people just turn their backs and make do without the service. Squeezing the customers has soft limits and it's always hilarious to watch corporations being oblivious to them.
bombcar 3y ago
"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." As it is right now it's cheaper for me to hit up Disney+ for a month rather than rent or buy a new release elsewhere, but as that gets harder the less I'll consume.
esafak 3y ago
Adobe gets squat from me -- a potential customer -- so such dark patterns can only explode in their face. Adobe and Netflix are not the only game in town.
cfiggers 3y ago
It's literally cable all over again. How did we let this happen?
- ocdtrekkie 3y ago
  Because people were dumb enough to believe that television companies were going to provide an endless library for $10 a month? Like for years I'd point this out and people were absolutely unwilling to recognize that giving away all their content near free was not a thing that would be around long term.
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- blitzar 3y ago
  Like all the disruptors and reimagineers in tech before, all they really offered was the same thing we already had (but with a few billion lining their pocket).
  - lotsofpulp 3y ago
    I did not have the ability to access pretty much any media I wanted at almost anytime on almost any device, almost anywhere, until streaming.
- baq 3y ago
  It's not us, it's them. They want our money but can't figure out how to share between them to get it, so they don't and they reap what they sow. I predict a renaissance in torrents.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  It is literally not cable all over again. Cable (or satellite TV) was all media creators and watchers having to deal with a small number of middlemen. Having to have someone come to your house, install hardware, run wiring, have set top boxes, only being able to watch at home at a certain time without a separate recording device…does not sound anything at all like watching media over the internet.

by hahajk 3y ago

pdimitar 3y ago

They're free to try that and much more. However it's not like the customers have a gun at their head. You don't need a PhD to conclude you're being squeezed. At one point people just turn their backs and make do without the service. Squeezing the customers has soft limits and it's always hilarious to watch corporations being oblivious to them.

bombcar 3y ago

"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." As it is right now it's cheaper for me to hit up Disney+ for a month rather than rent or buy a new release elsewhere, but as that gets harder the less I'll consume.

esafak 3y ago

Adobe gets squat from me -- a potential customer -- so such dark patterns can only explode in their face. Adobe and Netflix are not the only game in town.

cfiggers 3y ago

It's literally cable all over again. How did we let this happen?

ocdtrekkie 3y ago
Because people were dumb enough to believe that television companies were going to provide an endless library for $10 a month? Like for years I'd point this out and people were absolutely unwilling to recognize that giving away all their content near free was not a thing that would be around long term.
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blitzar 3y ago
Like all the disruptors and reimagineers in tech before, all they really offered was the same thing we already had (but with a few billion lining their pocket).
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  I did not have the ability to access pretty much any media I wanted at almost anytime on almost any device, almost anywhere, until streaming.
baq 3y ago
It's not us, it's them. They want our money but can't figure out how to share between them to get it, so they don't and they reap what they sow. I predict a renaissance in torrents.
lotsofpulp 3y ago
It is literally not cable all over again. Cable (or satellite TV) was all media creators and watchers having to deal with a small number of middlemen. Having to have someone come to your house, install hardware, run wiring, have set top boxes, only being able to watch at home at a certain time without a separate recording device…does not sound anything at all like watching media over the internet.