Theoretically, having multiple streaming platforms should be good, as it prevents a monopoly. Problem is, they all have monopolies, on specific shows. Choosing the streaming services you want isn’t about choosing the better product, but on which shows you have. All streaming shows should have all shows available. That’s the only way to properly decide which service is worth paying for
Back in the days there was a law that movie studios couldn’t also have movie theaters to avoid this specific issue. Now they found the loophole.
I was gonna include that in my original comment, but decided to just end it there for the sake of brevity, but yes, exactly this
I think we should make publisher/distributer combos illegal, that’ll solve the problem real quick.
Want to run a streaming platform? Great, you just can’t be a publisher too
Want to make/publish content? Great, you just can’t run your own streaming platform
It’s how it used to work for the longest time until Comcrap bought TW (Or was it TW buying Comcrap?)
“Cool, Netflix streaming and Natflix publishing are now subsidiaries of Notflix inc. Soon to launch their new 18+ streaming service, Nutflix…”
Well a well written law would be able to deal with that, but even if my idea had a chance of becoming law, its final text probably would be loopholed to death unfortunately
This is rooted in the early days of cinema, in which theaters were also owned by the studios, and so would only show the stuff the studio produced. Was gonna go into it in my comment, but decided against it to keep it short. Another commenter also mentioned it, and that’s pretty much what I’m proposing. I’m suggesting specifically that they have to show everything in order to also avoid exclusivity deals. Part of that, though, would also be to just not let Netflix produce its own content, but if it didn’t, you’d be able to watch it on amazon anyway
isn’t about choosing the better product, but on which shows you have.
But you can argue that part of what makes a streaming service a good product, is the literal product they produce, their content.
A streaming service’s product is the service of streaming stuff to you. It’s not a studio. Studios make those products. The streaming services give you a platform to watch them. Their product is their website
I used to love HBO Max until they disrespected animators so fuck em a pirate’s life is for me too.
I use to not pay for anything, that’s how I was raised, then I learnt why, so fuck em a pirate’s life for me too.
It’s okay. I didn’t want to watch Infinity Train again anyway. 😭
I still need to get back into that cartoon! Thanks for reminding me it exists!
They’ve gone to shit since the Discovery merger. The only reason I still have Max is because I get it free through my ISP.
How do you guys find new content? I would never even know about half of what I’ve watched if it weren’t for the ability to browse the offerings of the service
Overseerr, specific lemmy subs, word of mouth
I quite a few animated shows from the past few years I like I either accidentally stumbled upon on piracy websites, through yt randomly recommending me them (before incognito mode was a thing in the app), or through other people talking about them.
YouTube critiques pops off but another good option is fmovies
Hey this is only the 900.000. time I see this, this year. Maybe post it more often so we can come to 1.000.000 !
I always be sailing the seas, me hearties. Never left her
Same, never betray those who are always on your side
I thoroughly regret not building up a physical media library over the past decade to throw into Jellyfin or something to avoid all the streaming services. facepalm
These media can be found, yarrrr
Step 1: Get a reputable VPN.
Step 2: Install uBlock Origin.
Already have step 2, have any recommendations for VPN’s?
Proton VPN, Airvpn, and Mullvad are all reputable. Proton and Air have port forwarding if that’s a requirement for you.
I use Proton VPN.
I spent years building a 20tb media archive. I got paranoid I might get caught so I turned my back up drives into encrypted Veracrypt volumes. Before I had a chance to transfer my stuff to them my piece of crap QNAP NAS died and I couldn’t decrypt their proprietary RAID encryption.
Go open source kids!
I’m sorry for your loss. The media will remain in our hearts forever! But really, the rabbit hole for media server/NAS setups/RAID configs goes so deep I don’t know where to start or what to think sooo I just ignore it currently.
I don’t think you need to worry as much once you have the media. It’s the act of downloading and sharing where people get caught.
I did it just because my wife and I are brats. We didn’t want to rely on Netflix’s whims to carry our content of choice, so now we have all of it on our server.
I never really took off my favorite hat
I use to torrent everything until Netflix and as competitors began popping up it was fine as it was convenient but now I can’t keep up with what’s where. Had to dust off the hat and learned to set up a server for jellyfin. I tried being fair but they got greedy
The original comic said 2019 in the third panel as well as HBO Go. Time for a 2023/Max edit, I guess.
There used to be a time when you could watch Hulu without a subscription. Times change. Some other times loop.
The problem was not realizing in the first panel that the third panel is inevitable.
Another main reason why I took off my hat back then was because I was a broke college kid with garbage internet speed and my only computer was a laptop. Torrenting shows sometimes means I need to have my laptop on for days. Now I have an entire homelab setup with a dedicated VM on one of my servers for torrenting and I can afford fast internet. I was pleasantly surprised how efficiently I can torrent when I got back sailing recently.
Such disrespect for Peacock
It really is the only way
