Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its popularity

Re:Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its ... by judge2020 on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:24AM (#29351547)

This is currently a problem all the streaming box developers are trying to solve. Each modern one has a sort of universal search that allows app providers to publish the list of titles they have available for streaming, and the system will surface those apps if a user goes to that search box to look for the title. We’ll probably have an overview of how good it works in 5 years or so.

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Re:Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its ... by mikepurvis on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:45AM (#29351770)

I don't know about other devices, but the PS4 has a unified "TV and Video" portal that I think tries to do something like this:

https://www.playstation.com/en-ca/ps4/ps4-entertainment/

Unfortunately, it's hobbled by the fact that the underlying apps are not reliable enough— Netflix works great, Disney+ is trash [1], Jellyfin has to be used through the browser so the interface is wretched. Not sure about Prime, Crave, and Hulu.

[1]: https://screenrant.com/disney-plus-app-playstation-4-bufferi...

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Re:Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its ... by aneutron on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:27AM (#29351583)

From what I gather Google Chromecast w/ Google TV is a good performer in this regard. However, the issue remains that you'd have to pay almost 10€ per platform, for a total of 3 platforms, per month. That's simply not economivally viable.

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Re:Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its ... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:41AM (#29351727)

That's a heck of a lot less expensive than cable even without the premium channels.

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Re:Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its ... by chollida1 on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:34AM (#29351658)

Well another alternative is you pay say $5 per movie you watch or $2 per tv show episode rather than an all in price.

Would that be an improvement?

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Re:Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its ... by ThunderSizzle on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:54AM (#29351843)

Considering I can get AAA games for $10 after waiting a year or so, I'm not sure if $5 for a decade old movie really that worth it.

A-la-carte needs to be substantially cheaper to realistically compete with buffet style streaming services.

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Re:Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its ... by dekoruotas on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:56AM (#29351877)

I can't be the only one who just bought a 4K blu-ray player. The cost of a disc is cheaper than a monthly subscription and I can still trade them in making it a cracking good deal. And quality is soo much better than streaming, literally made me move my sofa a little closer to TV!

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