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Re:Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its ... by indymike on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:18PM (#29352057)
> The proliferation of streaming services is too much to manage and inconvenient, nearly to the point of customer-hostile. And with each content creator wanting its own platform (Disney, Paramount, etc.) it's getting worse.

I rather like that for $14/month I get access to more video that I can watch in my remaining free time.

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Re:Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its ... by unclebucknasty on Friday November 26, 2021 @06:58PM (#29355614)
If you find that $14/month gives you access to all of the quality content you want and denies you access to none, then you're definitely winning.

This article is asserting that enough people don't find that to be the case that it's become a problem. I think they're on to something.

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Re:Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its ... by indymike on Saturday November 27, 2021 @10:20AM (#29360809)
> This article is asserting that enough people don't find that to be the case that it's become a problem.

Unpopular opinion: all entertainment does not have to be free, or approaching free. I'm able to buy access to thousands of hours of quality video entertainment for what just a few years ago was the cost of a single audio CD. It is annoying when you have to buy the whole subscription to watch a single show, though.

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Re:Piracy release group EVO ‘blames’ movie industry for its ... by unclebucknasty on Sunday November 28, 2021 @10:27AM (#29369602)
>Unpopular opinion: all entertainment does not have to be free, or approaching free

Torrentors aside, most people expect to pay for content.

They'd just prefer it be convenient and to pay for only the content they want, which...

>annoying when you have to buy the whole subscription to watch a single show, though.

...is pretty much what you're saying here.

No one wants 89 streaming subscription services to watch one show on each.

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