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> you get access to the whole catalog This isn't true for any of the services you mentioned, though there's substantial consumer confusion about what is and is
by hedora 3y ago
> you get access to the whole catalog
This isn't true for any of the services you mentioned, though there's substantial consumer confusion about what is and is not included.
Studies have shown that people will simply pirate content that isn't readily commercially available. I suspect that this result generalizes to situations where the customer paid for access to a catalog, but something from the catalog is missing from the streaming service.
I'm not sure where the cliff is, exactly, but to the extent that the services withhold some content from their catalogs they encourage people to just pirate the thing they thought they already paid for.
- garciasn 3y agoThose who really want the content and are technologically capable of pirating will; everyone else will just opt to go elsewhere.
- TheOtherHobbes 3y agoOr not bother. The list of big name "content" I think I really should watch/finish/whatever seems ever-increasing. In reality I spend most of my screen time watching undemanding random and niche vids on YouTube made by individuals with fairly small followings.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoI really don't think it's sunk into these executives' heads just how much high-quality free content is readily available.
- hedora 3y agoOr how powerful survivor bias is. Something over 99% of the best movies were made over a year ago. I guess that's why recent remakes are usually available for free on streaming, but you have to pay to watch the originals.