Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about $9B

Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by katbyte on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @02:01PM (#27198568)

Spotify killed music piracy and Netflix did it for video content. Now that copyright holders got greedy and there’s 5+ services, none as good as Netflix, none have all the shows anyone wants people are turning back to piracy in a big way and services like plex and Emby make sharing easy, people even setup serves and sell access!

It’s their content and they can do what they want; but you can’t stop piracy

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Re:Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about... by ghaff on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:18PM (#27199649)

There's a ton of stuff that was never on Netflix streaming. In fact, when Netflix started charging separately for streaming I dropped it and just kept the DVD rental option. It took House of Cards to get me back on.

And Amazon Prime Video is quite good. Certainly HBO stuff was never available elsewhere (except for purchase or physical rental). Yes, Disney siphoned some stuff off the other services, but again much of that wasn't available for subscription streaming pre-Disney+ (which at current pricing is actually a pretty good deal).

I really can't be bothered with piracy unless I really want to see something and just can't find it elsewhere.

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