Oh no! Whatever will I do if they raise their prices and crack down on sharing as I sit here with a VPN and a 50TB NAS…
Can’t say it wasn’t a good run and I actually enjoyed the era of streaming where content was easy to get to at a fair price but as is the circle of life, these companies will always inevitably become the greedy monsters they sought to replace.
these companies will always inevitably become the greedy monsters they sought to replace
Netflix is the only service I can think of that fits that bill. The truth is, virtually every other major streaming service popped up already being greedy corporation’s that just wanted a piece of the pie. Divide, conquer, and raise prices was always the plan.
Yeah 96TB and usenet access is my streaming service these days. The system has paid for itself when I consider all the subscription fees we’ve avoided because of it.
I’ve tried to get into Usenet before, but I couldn’t figure it out. Maybe I should try again.
It’s ridiculously simple, the only catch is the cost. But the increased download speeds more than makeup for it in my experience. Just do your research so you get a good client
Any suggestions?
But how can Bob get a raise if you don’t subscribe?
Sell to 🍎
Yeah, I’m subscribed to two already.
That’s my limit and I’m not signing up for another one, especially at that price.
I was once subscribed to four! I am now subscribed to one as the others kept fucking with me with these price raises and password sharing crackdowns.
I think more people just need to draw a line in the sand. These companies’ strategies are akin to slowly inching up the temperature of the water until you’re sitting in boiling water without realizing it.
It’s unfortunate that the average consumer seems to be about as aware as the lobster.
I share your pain buddy !
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for the second time this year.
Yeah, that’s what I was wondering - didn’t they just do this? I cancelled my renewal when they raised it the first time and it doesn’t close out until November. It was $80 a year when I first signed up - it’s now more than double that!
For me, the content is not very compelling / worth $168 a year. Especially when it’s evident that they’re focusing more on cinema releases now than streaming shows. No love lost here.
These companies are still in the mode where they’re pushing out mediocre content and trying to make their money back on nostalgia and merchandising and “background-content”. They’re in competition with each other to get - and maintain - as much /consumer/ attention as possible. I don’t want to speak for everyone else but I think, as /audiences/, we just really want compelling stories that are well written and well acted. As consumers, we should all open our eyes a bit to what we’re actually paying for and stop blinding re-subbing to stuff that’s not really worth it.
You’re a dumpster fire right now, Hollywood. Get your shit together.
You’re a dumpster fire right now, Hollywood. Get your shit together.
A good portion of them are currently picketing in an attempt to do that.
We’ve really come full circle back to ad-supported cable
It won’t be long before most movies are released to theaters first, and then streaming months later.
I’m actually fine with this. I know it’s not everyone’s experience, but, for me, seeing a movie in a theater beats seeing it on my TV every time. You just can’t match that level of immersion at home.
I mean, you can, it just cost money.
I guess we all knew this was coming after Netflix did it.
Despite Disney making record profits, it’s ridiculous. Anyway, the streaming era was fun while it lasted, it’s back to using BitTorrent.
Just like with all great new eras/technologies, big corporations just gotta fucking ruin it
Capitalism and killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, name a more iconic duo.
XD Well obviously if they kill the goose then only they have the golden eggs, right? It’s perfect!.. for them
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Don’t stop streaming…. https://jellyfin.org/
Yeah, I have a jellyfin server, but you still have to acquire the files.
Damn, if only there was a way to do that. guess we just have to keep paying Disney then.
More and more people will move back to torrenting and using their own media library manager like jellyfin
Well more and more this enshittification thing seems to be a global phenomenon.
They are pissed they have to refi their corporate debt at higher rates so they are jacking up prices on peasants, share buy backs ain’t free.
For shit like streaming it should be pretty easy to vote with your money. This ain’t food or shelter.
I’d argue that Disney+ was already enshittification, as Disney used to have their content on Netflix but they decided they had to lose a bunch of money to force people into another subscription. This is enshittification squared.
The studios are just going to keep doing this as using streaming services as a loss leader has failed them, so please, support the strike.
All this password sharing crackdown is fucking frustrating.
My MIL doesn’t watch a lot of TV. She doesn’t have any cable or streaming services. But she does watch my kids a lot, so we have my Disney, Netflix, and Paramount set up on her TV.
So, what? Get the kids tablets? I know they shouldn’t watch a lot of TV, and my MIL is a saint and keeps them wicked busy most the day. She needs to plop them down and chill for a minute, especially when their baby cousin is there too.
Yo ho, the seven seas await!
The price of things just keep getting higher and higher little by little, but my income isn’t anywhere near what it was before Covid.
That’s the issue, Covid boasted all these guys profits above and beyond normal as we were all stuck at home for two years with nothing else to spend on. No they want to maintain those profits but people still only have the same amount of money to go around.
Did it boost their profits? They may have gotten more subs and with it more revenue, but aren’t they paying royalties on every stream? Seems more streams per sub would cause profit-per-sub to go down.
Probably more total profit over all, but a reduced margin.
They may have gotten more subs and with it more revenue, but aren’t they paying royalties on every stream?
No, that’s why writers and actors are striking.
Do they pay royalties on each stream? Isn’t that what the strikes at the moment are about?
“Additionally, Disney announced that starting September 6 subscribers in the US will have access to a new ad-free bundled subscription featuring the ad-free Disney+ and Hulu services for $19.99 a month” I already have had this for a while, it’s interesting that this isn’t going up… maybe I’m missing something? I think I might have ESPN+ in mine as well, but I don’t use it, so didn’t notice.
Mine also includes ESPN+ and it’s only $17.99. I wonder if they are going to raise it on me
I get this plan through my Verizon plan. I like it at that price point.
Damn this reminded me that I have a Disney subscription that I don’t use anymore lmao. Thanks greedy pig fuck.
Raising prices as writers and actors are on strike, meaning no new content. That should go well for them.
I’m buying a dvd player, fuck these greedy pieces of shit
Buy a NAS and let’s sail to Tortuga Bay
“how about a trip to the outer rings Zegema Beach, huh?”
