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Or maybe it will push content providers to make movies and shows available for streaming from day one. So far piracy has only done good things for consumers, in
by higherpurpose 13y ago
Or maybe it will push content providers to make movies and shows available for streaming from day one. So far piracy has only done good things for consumers, in the sense that it has forced Big Content to do what consumers wanted all along, ever since Napster came out.
- mintplant 13y agoHow do you compete when the same content is readily available, instantly, for free, and in a usable interface?
- cheez 13y agoHow does Netflix?
- lucian1900 13y agoBy offering better service, which Netflix and similar largely have.
- ctdonath 13y agoBy making it actually readily available, instantly, in a usable interface, close enough to free as customer doesn't care the cost. For decades, I've seen endless such "but it's free/easy/instant" things be anything but, insofar as it takes resources (time, fiddling, knowledge, skill, tools, etc) costing on par with paid versions, isn't easy for >90% of the population, and falls down often enough that it's hardly 'instant'. $99 + $8/mo works a whole lot better than most any "free/easy/instant" solution I've seen. Sure, you may be one of the fringe consumers who can handle such solutions, but most people can't. There's always some part which is so dull/annoying/unsatisfying, but must be done right to achieve persistent widespread acceptance, that you'll have to pay (and recoup) someone to do.