How about them charging $15-$20 to rent for the first week or two of a new release?
It disgusts me that there are people willing to pay that (likely because they have enough money where $3 vs. $20 is no real difference).
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I wanted to watch the 1939 movie the wizard of oz and in my country is not available on any of the streaming subscriptions. Can be only rented for 24 hours like it's some fresh movie out of the theater
Fmhy dot net got you covered
A lot of people are suggesting piracy, but I'm going to throw in the hat of checking out the library first! You can borrow movies from them and usually online too, so you might be able to find it there!
Rip library's copy and seed, got it
Highly agree, my Library had a videogame collection with solid releases too
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Weird, jellyfin always seems to have it.
Though they seem to keep making it harder and harder to buy egitimate harder copies of the content I want.
"Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem" - Gabe Newell
This quote is relevant far too often
Kind of. But when Amazon has the option to rent a movie for $3, and all I have to do is click that button and it will stream instantly, I still NEVER click that button. It's not really a service issue, because it's available instantly at just the click of a button.
It's more of a principal issue. Like why the fuck am I paying all this money for all these streaming services and you still want to charge me even more? Makes piracy an easy choice.
I still see it as a service issue. I can only watch it once or for a very short time. That's not the service I'm looking for.
I don't even need hard copies, just give me the ability to buy a DRMless file I can run on any of my devices for a fair price. I don't even necessarily need to be able to download it again in the future if that makes it cheaper. I can back my shit up myself.
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Right?!
I've looked up MULTIPLE random movies from the 2000-2010 range... not no-names, not block busters... Nothing, not available, Always not available on Prime/Netflix/Disney.
Made me seriously look at starting to dust off the plex server again...
WTF am I paying for all these services, and they can't even host the basics....
HBO is the only one I still pay for
Consumers: "I'm tired of all these commercials and strict viewing schedule, I'm switching to streaming and getting rid of cable."
Capitalism: "Panic!"
Consumers: "Wow, this is so much better. I get to watch what I want when I want and don't have to sit through annoying ads."
Capitalism: "Let's release 100 different streaming services, add commercials, and follow a viewing schedule."
Consumers: "Wait what, this just seems like cable with extra steps, fuck this I'm just going to start sailing the seas."
Capitalism: Surprised Pikachu
As soon as Hulu started packing ads into their service, I knew that we were slowly reinventing cable TV, perhaps worse. That was roughly 15-ish years ago. Honestly, it's been slower than expected.
That was the exact moment I gave up on streaming services, as well.
The real funny thing, if anyone remembers the original HBO/cable from the early 80s, their whole thing was “no commercials”, and that’s the first thing that happened to cable.
Remember when Hulu was free? You only had to pay if you wanted access to mobile streaming. Mobile phones weren't nearly as capable as they are today, so watching on my laptop or pc was actually preferable.
Remember when Hulu was free?
Boy do I ever. I got to watch Stargate:Universe in all its disappointing glory. Good times.
Mobile phones weren’t nearly as capable as they are today, so watching on my laptop or pc was actually preferable.
Real talk though: under what circumstances would a phone be in any way preferable to using a laptop, desktop, or media PC on a big screen? Personally, I find everything about my phone clumsy, clunky, tedious, and head/kneck/arm/hand/eye strain inducing. It's an RSI nightmare.
I watched most of Vinland saga on my phone while taking a train from LA to Seattle. It was fine, would've preferred to use my laptop but mobile hotspot is apparently counted separately fromy unlimited mobile data so fuck me I guess.
I blame Disney. They are the ones that broke the dam after they saw the popularity of their Marvel ip.
The dam broke the instant Netflix insisted they would only accept worldwide exclusivity for original commissions. This completely upended the extant funding model and led the studios to develop their own platforms out of necessity.
And we’re right back to cable TV.
A half dozen “packages” as streaming services, nothing good on, prices keep going up, and anything you do want to see costs more (pay-per-view).
I talked about this happening years ago. I hate that it became true.
My partner and I cycle. We have 1 or 2 services at a time, burn them out, and move on.
I learned it from watching you, Elon!
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Usenet + torrents + Jellyfin.
Yarr
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This person is complaining while also paying like ten bucks a month for that blue check.
Hence they're Tweeting instead of watching movies.
Well he’s subscribed to 13 streaming services
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Why does anyone bother with streaming services when you can buy DVDs cheaper and own the media forever and the collection only accumulates over time? Kodi is awesome.
DVDs don't last forever. I have a ton of dvds that are no longer good. Is actually so bad there are people trying to find still working copies of shows from the 90's so they can digitize them before they are lost forever.
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The price of one dvd is more than a month of streaming. So I guess this works if you only watch one movie a month, or one season of a series every six months.
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