Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on YouTube?

Re:Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on Yo... by kelnos on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @01:46PM (#42953226)

I don't agree with that argument. I am constantly finding new movies and TV shows to watch that I genuinely enjoy, but I still (reasonably often, even) watch or re-watch older content that I end up enjoying just as much.

Flooding the market with AI-generated content -- even if that content is good -- is not going to stop me from watching (or re-watching) older human-created productions.

I don't think I'm all that unique. I don't watch broadcast/cable television anymore, but I know people (especially those less technologically sophisticated, of any ages) who still flip through the on-screen TV guide, and are happy to tune in to watch a 1980s movie on some random channel, ads and all.

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Re:Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies on Yo... by flessner on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:26PM (#42953764)

I agree with that, although for me it's books that I really enjoy currently.

After quitting most of social media, the jump-cutting in a lot of shows and movies nowadays gives me headaches weirdly... maybe that's just me though.

Also, everyone that's at least a teenager has grown up on human produced content - most of this worry will only manifest if there's a generation that strictly prefers AI produced content instead of it just being a complement (e.g. the generated pictures in articles, or automatic clips from Twitch streams)

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