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Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by fucking_tragedy on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @01:16PM (#21007581)
I suggest you step outside of your circle. When I did, I found that many lower and middle class parents were using pirating setups that I didn't even know existed.

For example, I learned about PopcornTime from a single parent who ran it on a laptop connected to their TV. The guy is bus dispatcher.

When I need a recommendation for a streaming site or tracker, I ask my old neighbor who works as a lab tech.

I've found that I'm generally ignorant of such things because everyone in my IT circle just pays for streaming services.

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Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by scarface74 on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @01:19PM (#21007625)
Well, which should I give more weight to -- your anecdotal experience or the published number of subscribers for Netflix, Hulu, etc?
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Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by fucking_tragedy on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @03:38PM (#21009155)
They overlap and aren't mutually exclusive.
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Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by scarface74 on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @03:51PM (#21009313)
One is better to build a business off of.
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Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by fucking_tragedy on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:07PM (#21009513)
That's fine, someone else will find a way to profit from the situation you won't consider.
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Re:Too Many Video Streaming Choices May Drive Users Back To ... by scarface74 on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:18PM (#21009650)
Good luck with that with all of the content being tied up by the studios.

Ask all of the money losing Android OEMs about how profitable it is in a commodity market trying to serve people who aren’t willing/able to spend money.

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