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    If this is true, then somebody is already hurting.

    Apparently price hikes did not hurt netflix though, so presumably peasants are cutting other merchants.

    A small W but good to see that people denying these parasites profit.

    If only more people would be more willing to sail the high seas to deny them all of the profit.

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      it’s a service issue and some people still can’t turn on a PC much less set up usenet.

      There will always be a market for install app and gib card details plz.

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    1. Streaming time grows steadily for years.
    2. Streaming services insert ads in paid accounts.
    3. Streaming time decreases.
    4. “Streaming Fatigue” - yeah, that’s it! Obviously!
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      Don’t forget the steady fracturing of media licenses across dozens of services, coupled with enhanced enshittification.

      Everyone’s focusing so much on exclusivity to draw people in while their service quality quickly jumps straight down the nearest manhole.

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    things we tried:

    • jacking up prices
    • adding ads to paid services
    • canceling the better shows
    • not adding anything meaningful
    • making specifically terrible shows that are obviously terrible from the get go
    • making the algorithm noticeably worse to cover up for the worse output
    • platforming has-been comedians so they can cry about how they aren’t platformed anymore on our platform in a distinctly unfunny and joke-free manner

    We’re out of ideas… maybe we should utilize AI?

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      platforming has-been comedians so they can cry about how they aren’t platformed anymore on our platform in a distinctly unfunny and joke-free manner

      No no, I’m sure if they get Dave Chapelle to talk about how much he hates transpeople and sees no parallels between the on-going struggles of the African American and literally ANY other Rights Movement, then I’ll magically start giving a shit about what’s on Netflix!

      Tough break big N, maybe I’ll check you out when Steel Ball Run finally gets animated… Or not because I could probably get an uncensored version on a pirate streaming site as long as I use my VPN

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    I think its more reflective that the price of streaming services continues to rise, while the value proposition does not. So why subscribe to all services at one time? You can only watch one at a time.

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      Exactly. I finally cancelled Netflix a few weeks ago. It’s too expensive and there’s very little I want to watch on there any more. The shitty way they were trying to push you into more expensive plans was just the shit icing on the turd pie.

      I’m now looking at Disney+ and Prime Video because there’s hardly anything on those too that I like.

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        Kids make it complicated for sure, but we managed to drop Disney. Honestly I’d prefer they were on screens less anyway.

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        My wife has put on a few different Netflix original shows over the holidays, and they’re all sooo stupid. Their supposed best shows are complete garbage.

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        I hate the UI of prime video with a passion. From time to time I look for something to watch on it but I have the impression they try to keep me from causing traffic. After some minutes I give up and wonder why I didn’t cancel yet.

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          Yeah, they really broke it a video of years ago. It used to just show videos covered by the prime subscription. Then they started showing additional sub-services you could sign up. That was annoying but not too bad. But now they show you all sorts of stuff that doesn’t come with prime. That really pisses me off - not least because my kids still have a hard time differentiating the ‘free’ stuff from the ‘requires extra money’ stuff.

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            There’s a prime only browsing section but but you don’t seem to be able to limit the search to only return prime included stuff.

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              Yeah, and in my experience they buried that pretty fast down so it required don’t scrolling to get there each time.

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                It’s right on the top bar in the latest UI. At the same level as choosing movies or tv shows. It’s very easy to get to in fairness.

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                  That’s good. They must have changed it then. Because when I was looking for it a few months ago it was buried under several rows of paid content.

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        I ditched Disney+ when they added 50% onto the price. The exit questionnaire was annoying as it had one answer that lumped in “can’t afford it” with “too expensive” which implies it’s a “me” problem when it was definitely a “them” problem.

        I would have ditched Amazon Prime when they added adverts with an optional 50% price hike to remove them but my wife didn’t want to lose the prime delivery.

        The intention is that we subscribe to Disney+ for a few months a year and catch up on what we missed.

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        Next step is only annual contracts.

        This would destroy their subscriber bases. Not even cable required an annual subscription and there were many more hoops to jump through to subscribe and cancel.

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        normies are not redicalized enough but these media parasites working OT on pushing them to sail.

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        Setup a Digital Ocean droplet in Amsterdam, years ago. LOL, not even sure how to login to it, because I don’t have to touch it.

        OpenVPN -> connect -> thepiratebay.org -> Tixati -> done

        Yeah, I could be more secure, do it better, good enough for me to steal movies and books.

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      This will only increase until there is sufficient backlash or, god forbid, Government oversight. These CEOs are getting hooked on the concept of being paid continuously for the same widget. Not only will these services get more predatory, but subscription models will continue to proliferate even into unlikely and surprising places.

      That’s my official end of year, forward looking, very lukewarm take for 2024.

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        Was it BMW that was trying to charge a subscription for seat warmers and automatic car starters that were built into the car already? They got serious push back and rolled back fast. Haven’t followed in a while wouldn’t be surprised if they were back to that model already.

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    Can confirm. Got rid of everything this year except the YouTube Premium family plan. It gives us all the music of Spotify, tons of free movies and TV shows YouTube offers for streaming without ads, and of course all other YouTube videos without ads. You also get to play YouTube videos with your phone off, which is nice if you just want to go to sleep listening to something. And you get to add five different people, so we have me, my wife, my daughter and both mothers-in-law on the same plan. It’s been really cost-effective. We’re paying a fraction of what we paid before with a similar level of professional content that I actually care about watching (YouTube doesn’t make most of the shows and movies they offer, so they tend to be ones they think people already like).

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    I want to watch Stargate SG1. I hear people say it’s on Prime Video, so I subscribe. It’s not there. I guess being a filthy European makes me unworthy. So I bite the bullet and get a VPN. Now I’m paying what amounts to twice the price of the usual subscription. I start watching the series and guess what? It’s leaving Prime in a few days. Motherf…

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      Check out your local library. Mine has physical disks of a lot of shows. With MakeMKV and Handbrake, and about an hour per disc (computer time- my time is maybe 5 minutes per), I can return the discs and watch the show at my leisure. If you have a ton of disk space, you can skip Handbrake and just keep the .mkv files…

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    I hadn’t noticed, but the consolidation has happened. The cycle completes as the phone and cable companies all have streaming bundles now. It’s cable TV again in another form. Still horseshit, but that’s going to be their collective play I guess

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      It always was. They tried sueing their way out of the loss of control, that didn’t work, so they moved to backroom deals, until their power was once again consolidated.