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   Edward Sneeden (sneeden@iddqd.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 17:26:14 JST Edward Sneeden
   Dude, I'm given three streaming services free of charge tied to other things I use. They really want to make sure everyone gets their nice fix of endless slop
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     cajax (cajax@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 17:26:11 JST cajax

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     • Pawlicker
     @RustyCrab @PurpCat @sneeden The golden age of netflix was always kind of a lie. They were able to, because they were a small distribution platform exclusive to the relatively few people who had fast internet at that time, they were willing to sign more lucrative (for netflix) deals letting them get premium content for cheap. When everyone was on it, the content producer's margins started to thin out a bit. That's why it got worse and worse over time.
     
     I never stopped torrenting. I don't know why more people didn't. We would be so much better off if ALL the media companies died. I'm serious about that, we don't need like 10 blockbuster movies every summer.
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     Rusty Crab (rustycrab@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 17:26:12 JST Rusty Crab

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     @PurpCat @sneeden tl;dr Netflix killed piracy and corporate greed revived it
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     Pawlicker (purpcat@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 17:26:13 JST Pawlicker

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     @RustyCrab @sneeden remember the nerd crew video taking the piss out of streaming services? it's still true and honest.
     https://youtu.be/qejGHLAbo_c
     
     The problem with streaming services is very simple. Netflix like a decade ago (when it was new and you could stream the shit on PS2 of all things, when they really wanted to push it) was really great. It seemingly had everything and it was like the old DVD rental service but instant.
     
     Then every single movie studio decided "we want money" and Netflix/similar wanted to do "original shows" since AMC's pivot from "old rerun channel" to "hey look it's like HBO original shows but included in your cable sub" (since everyone remembers how even shit roach motels offered "free HBO" and how you had to pay more) caused everyone to chase that.
     
     Now fast forward a few years and what's happened is twofold: an endless sea of slop nobody watches with money going down the drain, and endless streaming services. Everyone and their mom has this one streaming service, you can only watch certain movies and originals of varying quality on it, and it's dogshit. Oh and also you need others to watch different libraries. The rise and fall of the scamdemic fucking theaters over really changed things too, from big budget movies going to streaming just to avoid losing money, to theater owners being more pissed than arcade owners were at console ports.
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     Rusty Crab (rustycrab@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Aug-2024 17:26:14 JST Rusty Crab

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     @sneeden I imagine streaming services are struggling pretty hard right now from a combination of nobody having money and them having nothing good