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[–] bighatchester@lemmy.world 127 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's just cable tv all over again. Pay for 8 services to get a handful of shows you want to watch with the other 90% not being touched , now with ads creeping back in too .

[–] Gloria@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And yet, people will fall for it again and again

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People that don't pirate won't have a choice.

[–] Yglorba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While I'm all for piracy (obviously), there's always a choice. Decades ago when cable was going through this, TV was at the center of culture and absolutely everyone watched it.

That's just not true anymore. Even aside from piracy, they have to compete for people's time and attention with videogames, social media, and all sorts of other internet-based entertainment. I suspect a lot of the executives making these decisions don't realize this - they think it's still 20 years ago when having some of your biggest shows on your channel guaranteed a big audience. If they squeeze too hard people will just spend their time with other sorts of entertainment.

I think that the publishing industry is a good comparison - look at where it is now. It still produces stuff but its cultural relevance is a pale shadow of what it once was and its margins are razor-thin because few people are going to pay a premium even for a bestseller. I think that that's the long-term fate of TV and movies, especially as the generation that was weened on them dies off and a new generation that watched much less growing up comes of age.

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[–] bighatchester@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Not me ! But not everyone has a PC that can store tons of movies and shows so they don't have much other choice . There's one streaming service that I think is only in Canada called crave that charges an extra $10 to watch on anything other than your phone it's just the worst .

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[–] ares35@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

at least you can choose to pay for one streamer at a time, binge, switch, repeat.

(for now, anyway.. until they all quit the full season drops and/or start putting their catalog on a rotation like the 'disney vault' was to home video).

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or only offer annual contracts with early cancellation fees.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

they'd go a 'no refunds' policy first, which they'd totally get away with in the u.s.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah, this is what is next. Another thing might be to split up one service into subcategories, like family, sci-fi, cinema or whatever and then charging for each individually. Obviously ending up more expensive if you get them all than what it is now.

[–] joemo@lemmy.sdf.org 53 points 2 years ago

Gotta love corporate greed.

If you are displaying ads to the user, the ads should pay for their access. If a user is paying for access to a service, they shouldn't see ads.

[–] crsu@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Time to get a library card and read some books

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My library even has audiobooks, fuck you audible!

[–] crsu@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll up the ante and say fuck you amazon you baldy piss jug lex luthor motherfucker

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Damn man, go off!

[–] chitak166@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You can stream pretty much anything for free here: https://fmoviesz.to/

Make sure you have Adnauseam or uBlock Origin installed.

[–] TGTX@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Incredibly lucky that our library system has started investing in blu-rays and has purchased many of the Criterion Collection. They have also heavily invested in Shout Factory’s offerings too. Now I need to see what they can do to start getting some Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome, and Severin releases!

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I have no idea why, but your comment just randomly reminded me of this song from my childhood.

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 years ago

Ya know, I barely shop on Amazon anymore, I should go ahead and cancel that...

[–] kubica@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

(or unless you stop paying at all)

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Yarrrrrrrrr I do like this option, lad, lass, or other.

[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This might be the last straw for me to cancel prime.

[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Canceled Prime and Kindle Unlimited, I'm off the Amazon pill

[–] chitak166@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Honestly, everyone subscribing to streaming services gets exactly what they deserve.

You can stream anything for free here: https://fmoviesz.to/

Yet you still choose to waste your money so people richer than you can be even richer.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

They already fucked up music earlier in the year, so I'm now fully out.

[–] Vladkar@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The only Prime show I can even think of is The Boys, which is worth a month subscription once a year or so whenever a new season drops. With so much competition and so little content, you'd think these streaming services would start offering better incentives for long-term subscriptions. Instead, they keep raising rates. Baffling.

[–] xpinchx@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's the next one on the chopping block. It's kind of great and freeing cancelling all these subscriptions. Just one $5 payment per month to newsgroup ninja and i got everything. I've been holding on to prime and Netflix for convenience but honestly fuck them.

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[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Unless you pay extra… or unsubscribe.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Things to do today:

  1. Pay mortgage - done

  2. Pay electric bill - done

  3. Cancel Amazon - and done

[–] FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Get a VPN after canceling Amazon and download whatever you want. Mullvad is much cheaper than prime video.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago

You don't even need a VPN if you live in a country that doesn't care

[–] rho50@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sonarr + Radarr + Transmission-OpenVPN + Ombi + Plex.

For the past ~5 years or so, I’ve had the choice of a polished web UI to pirate any movie or TV show on demand. Up until the past few months, I have still paid for:

  • Netflix
  • Amazon Prime
  • Apple TV+ (as part of Apple One)
  • Disney+
  • YouTube Premium

… because their products and recommendation engines were more user-friendly for my family and I. Since the pattern of price gouging in the last 6-12 months, I now subscribe to:

  • Netflix (cancelling this imminently)
  • Apple Music (Apple One cancelled)

I hope the shameless cash grabs result in a mass exodus of users and really hurt these platforms.

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

I've recently reached the point where I could barely afford some of them... if they were as good as they were a year ago. Seems I'm sticking to the Seven Seas and my downloaded music library.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

How do I do that on my TV? Is that a thing? I've got whatever the cheapest "smart" TV was in Walmart maybe three or four years ago with a Roku attached.

Not terribly savvy in these matters.

Thanks

Edit: Looks like I can do it via my router. I'm away for the weekend, so I'll look into this next week. Thanks again for the idea

[–] FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Yes Mullvad does have router configuration files. It's only like $5.33/mo. Also your streaming catalog changes based on locations. Like for Netflix, Hulu and etc.

[–] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 11 points 2 years ago

It already does this. I frequently get ads for other shows when starting a show on Prime video. I can barely accept the existing ads.

[–] siravious@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Welp… this isn’t very strategically sound. Within the same service, they want to motivate me to consolidate shipping to Amazon delivery day or no rush. Guess who’s not using those methods anymore? Fuck you amazon, gonna cost you multiples of that $3 in shipping you greedy fucks.

[–] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I do exactly the same. I always opt for the earliest free prime delivery available, even for just one item in my order.

Fuck their Amazon delivery day and No rush shipping. "Delivery in fewer trips to your home" ? I have exactly zero fucks to give - I need my stuff as early as possible as my prime membership will let me, even if at 4 AM in the morning, because I am freaking paying for it.

And "green for the environment" my ass - I know they don't care about environment, and I don't care about the gas tank of their delivery vans.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

so.... a $3 a month increase to prime.

one that will likely net amazon more profit when you don't give-in and pay the extra (ads being more profitable than subs, as netflix has realized).

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

They effed up back in the day by not giving me a client for my phone or my roku. Wanted me to buy their hardware. I already have prime, couldn't even tell you two movies/shows that debuted on it.

[–] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Portable HDD with pirated movies and shows FTW

[–] Benchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago

NAS and Jellyfin when at home brother

[–] RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Amazon Prime Video can go suck a dick.

[–] BoisZoi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I plan on cancelling Prime this year.

The only reason I haven't is that my siblings need to use my account sometimes.

[–] Rodneyck@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I have been meaning to cancel my Prime membership. Prices are high, shipping hardly gets anything to me on time. Who can find anything on Prime Video with their horrible interface? Not worth the price. Time to put on my pirate's hat and save a buck.

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Is !fucksubscriptions@lemmy.world a real thing?

Edit: yes it is.

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