▲ 144 ▼ Dunkey's Guide to Streaming Services (youtu.be) submitted 2 years ago by salarua@sopuli.xyz to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments the best answer yet to "why pirate movies"
[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 62 points 2 years ago (4 children) Situation: There are 14 competing streaming platforms. Ridiculous! We need one streaming platform for all the media licenses. Situation: There are 15 competing streaming platforms. https://xkcd.com/927/ permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (╭☞´ิ∀´ิ)╭☞ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Unless it's just taking a while to come down from the scene group heavens, some 4K TV show seasons seem to be perpetually missing, presumed due to Widevine L1. Oddly, sometimes half of a show's 4K seasons are released while the others aren't. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MetaSynapse@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) What we actually need is a ban on exclusivity. There aren't nearly as many complaints about music streaming services because most music is on all of them. Plus if more TV and movies were on multiple streaming services, they'd have to start competing on service instead of exclusive content and maybe actually improve the experience... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Take a read through https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc. Real shame this was terminated rather than extended to streaming platforms. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shrugal@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago Streaming services did it the other way around. We had one platform for almost everything, and then the studios created their own to get more of the subscription money. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Banzai51@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago There are lots of streaming platforms, but no real competition. Because the studios and networks hide behind the streaming services and price gouge like crazy. They know people will blame the streaming service. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (╭☞´ิ∀´ิ)╭☞ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Unless it's just taking a while to come down from the scene group heavens, some 4K TV show seasons seem to be perpetually missing, presumed due to Widevine L1. Oddly, sometimes half of a show's 4K seasons are released while the others aren't. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago Unless it's just taking a while to come down from the scene group heavens, some 4K TV show seasons seem to be perpetually missing, presumed due to Widevine L1. Oddly, sometimes half of a show's 4K seasons are released while the others aren't. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MetaSynapse@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) What we actually need is a ban on exclusivity. There aren't nearly as many complaints about music streaming services because most music is on all of them. Plus if more TV and movies were on multiple streaming services, they'd have to start competing on service instead of exclusive content and maybe actually improve the experience... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Take a read through https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc. Real shame this was terminated rather than extended to streaming platforms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Take a read through https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc. Real shame this was terminated rather than extended to streaming platforms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shrugal@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago Streaming services did it the other way around. We had one platform for almost everything, and then the studios created their own to get more of the subscription money. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago There are lots of streaming platforms, but no real competition. Because the studios and networks hide behind the streaming services and price gouge like crazy. They know people will blame the streaming service. permalink fedilink source parent