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Re:Ways Streaming Services Are Getting Worse by Mindwipe on Monday December 10, 2018 @06:10PM (#18651928)
Because this market doesn't exist to any statistically measurable amount.

Just because you want it to doesn't mean it does.

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Re:Ways Streaming Services Are Getting Worse by andy_ppp on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @06:13AM (#18654554)
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.

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Re:Ways Streaming Services Are Getting Worse by Mindwipe on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @07:20AM (#18663268)
> 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.

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Re:Ways Streaming Services Are Getting Worse by andy_ppp on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @01:36PM (#18718053)
It’s currently £20 to buy an arbitrary superhero movie on Amazon Prime in 4K. I mean, it’s up to you if you want to believe selling Dr Who or selling all movies ever are the same thing...
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