Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou...
by xanderstrike on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:16PM
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Honest answer: piracy. If companies won't let you pay to avoid advertising, let them know it's a problem by not paying at all.
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Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou...
by mathgeek on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:53PM
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"If I can't have it exactly the way that I want it, I'm going to acquire it illegally."
An interesting and recurring theme in piracy, to be sure.
Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou...
by Veratyr on Thursday April 13, 2017 @02:04PM
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Well it seems to be the only thing that drives improvement in media licensing. Without piracy I suspect iTunes and Spotify would have come decades later, if at all. I suspect the same can be said for Steam. Piracy really is an availability problem.
Re:Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99/month with ads, sou...
by xanderstrike on Thursday April 13, 2017 @04:46PM
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That's not what I said. I'm not very picky at all, I have two requirements for streaming services: have the content I want and do not advertise to me. There are several services that satisfy this requirement: Netflix, HBO Go, Google Play Music. I subscribe to all three.