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All these streaming services are rushing towards $20/month at a time when the content pipeline has dried up with the WGA/SAG strike over the unsustainable strea

by jmyeet 3y ago

All these streaming services are rushing towards $20/month at a time when the content pipeline has dried up with the WGA/SAG strike over the unsustainable streaming model. I’ve always resented the bundling of Prime delivery with a wannabe Netflix service. This change means I either won’t use the the video service anymore or I’ll have to pay more. Time to go back to piracy.

cgio 3y ago
Exactly this. Is this a way to pass the cost of the WGA/SAG negotiation to consumers? It sounds like it, and it might even make sense as such. The challenge is that the cost is passed while content is not generated, so as consumer the reasonable choice is to also "strike" on subscriptions for a while, until the pipeline is full again. Hopefully this strike will stick, the same way subscriptions tend to stick.
- ytdytvhxgydvhh 3y ago
  Now that you mention it I’m surprised the actors and/or writers haven’t suggested folks cancel their streaming services temporarily to show support for the “little guys” against the studios. Maybe they’re afraid of the long-term effects if people do get used to watching less?
  - Auracle 3y ago
    I think that would be something like asking a friend to key your boss’s car when you’ve given an ultimatum that you want a raise or you’ll quit.
  - cgio 3y ago
    Too risky for them too, indeed. They go for a bigger piece of the pie, but are motivated for the pie to remain big. I don't know how the content gap will fill though and I do expect people will start cutting down on subscriptions after Christmas. There's only so much one can get from foreign productions where the industry is not scaled, and the criteria for success are even harder. My alternative proposition would be for the actors and writers to allow for crowd-funded productions and go for individual show/movie streams. I would personally invest in a production happening in the midst of dearth of content.

by jmyeet 3y ago

cgio 3y ago

Exactly this. Is this a way to pass the cost of the WGA/SAG negotiation to consumers? It sounds like it, and it might even make sense as such. The challenge is that the cost is passed while content is not generated, so as consumer the reasonable choice is to also "strike" on subscriptions for a while, until the pipeline is full again. Hopefully this strike will stick, the same way subscriptions tend to stick.

ytdytvhxgydvhh 3y ago
Now that you mention it I’m surprised the actors and/or writers haven’t suggested folks cancel their streaming services temporarily to show support for the “little guys” against the studios. Maybe they’re afraid of the long-term effects if people do get used to watching less?
- Auracle 3y ago
  I think that would be something like asking a friend to key your boss’s car when you’ve given an ultimatum that you want a raise or you’ll quit.
- cgio 3y ago
  Too risky for them too, indeed. They go for a bigger piece of the pie, but are motivated for the pie to remain big. I don't know how the content gap will fill though and I do expect people will start cutting down on subscriptions after Christmas. There's only so much one can get from foreign productions where the industry is not scaled, and the criteria for success are even harder. My alternative proposition would be for the actors and writers to allow for crowd-funded productions and go for individual show/movie streams. I would personally invest in a production happening in the midst of dearth of content.