Re:Ways Streaming Services Are Getting Worse
by andy_ppp on Monday December 10, 2018 @06:03PM
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I keep thinking why on earth the Hollywood system doesn’t realise the shear tonnes of cash there is out there for the following; DRM free downloads of HD movies for $2, 4K for $3-4. No-one would bother pirating and I’d probably spend a fortune over the next few years to legally have copies of this stuff. My bet is that most people would pay and do it legally because it’s far simpler this way.
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Re:Ways Streaming Services Are Getting Worse
by Mindwipe on Monday December 10, 2018 @06:10PM
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Because this market doesn't exist to any statistically measurable amount.
Just because you want it to doesn't mean it does.
Re:Ways Streaming Services Are Getting Worse
by andy_ppp on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @06:13AM
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Well until it's tried I guess we'll never know... worth noting the DVD market is still pretty big. No reason it wouldn't be several times bigger with a simple online version.
Pirates going to pirate so it will literally make no difference providing people with a legal alternative that is easy and simple to use.
Re:Ways Streaming Services Are Getting Worse
by Mindwipe on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @07:20AM
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> Well until it's tried I guess we'll never know...
It has been. The BBC tried selling Doctor Who via Bittorrent for example, with signficant publicity.
The DVD market is big because it's cheap and no other reason.
People already have an abundant legal alternatives that are widely available and simple to use.