Streaming companies lower prices making pirating inconvenient
Streaming companies raise prices to make more money
Streaming companies raise prices making pirating an option again
Dinosaurs eat man…
Didn’t Netflix just have a massive earnings call recently? 25% increase in stock in 1 month after raising prices and cracking down on account sharing.
I’m a pirate, and don’t subscribe to any of these services, btw.
I have been a Netflix subscriber since 2004 and just canceled it today. I had their Ultra plan for many years but I just can’t justify it anymore. Pirating is now more convenient and I don’t have to worry about not being able to watch it when I want to.
I have a theory that the password crackdowns caused some people to cancel, but not for the reason you think. I posit that for some people, the only reason they subscribed is because they were sharing it with family and friends. Therefore, if they can’t share the subscription, what’s the point in subscribing?
🎵 do what you want cuz’ a pirate is free, you are a pirate.🎵
He will always be number one.
I feel like the end of result of this is eventually these companies saying “ok I guess nobody is interested in streaming anymore” and bringing out something people want even less.
As competition increases, price should decrease. Unless one of them increases price and doesn’t suffer for it and then the rest get FOMO and follow suit.
When I was younger and I seen the way storage was going. I envisioned a system where you buy a digital copy and have it for life. But you could still share you “dvd’s” with your friends just like you could with ps2 saves.
The only way to own some 40 year old movie digitally for some reasonable price like a discount bin dvd is to illegally download it.
I paid for a long long time but I’m going back to stealing I guess. Going to be a pain in the ass but my media bill is like $200/mo.
Subscriptions numbers are verifiably up, though.
