cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/15615735
It was inevitable...
Theoretically, having multiple streaming platforms should be good, as it prevents a monopoly. Problem is, they all have monopolies, on specific shows. Choosing the streaming services you want isn't about choosing the better product, but on which shows you have. All streaming shows should have all shows available. That's the only way to properly decide which service is worth paying for
But then they'd have to compete on features and usability, and no company wants that. They prefer to set up roadblocks and extract tolls.
Imagine selling a service by virtue of the quality of your service. Ridiculous
can’t get rich by doin stupid shit like that lol
Back in the days there was a law that movie studios couldn’t also have movie theaters to avoid this specific issue. Now they found the loophole.
Exactly right! Maybe the EU will save us all. It seems somehow monopolistic that Disney+ is the exclusive official streaming service for so much. I guess this is why Netflix put so much into Netflix originals.
I'd like to at least see some requirements for open licensing of shows, such as maybe a sunset period or something.
I think we should make publisher/distributer combos illegal, that'll solve the problem real quick.
Want to run a streaming platform? Great, you just can't be a publisher too
Want to make/publish content? Great, you just can't run your own streaming platform
It's how it used to work for the longest time until Comcrap bought TW (Or was it TW buying Comcrap?)
"Cool, Netflix streaming and Natflix publishing are now subsidiaries of Notflix inc. Soon to launch their new 18+ streaming service, Nutflix.."
Woah there! Having the privilege to choose a streaming service that has a show you want. Those are some bold assumptions. We over here at anime land have former illegal streaming services with exclusive global licenses, even though they only operate nationally. Pirates overseas can't watch their favorite anime of the season legally. They must either use a VPN to pay for a service that'll ban them for VPN usage, or pirate the anime.
And pretty much none of the services are the better product.
This sounds like they have to compete for your money and produce better shows, which is good for consumers. You can subscribe to service X, watch the show you're interested in, and unsubscribe. Netflix releases all episodes at once, with other platforms you can simply wait till the show ends before subscribing.
I don't argue that you should do exactly that instead of pirating. But I don't see why somebody should be subscribed to all these services.
Its just cable with more steps.
isn't about choosing the better product, but on which shows you have.
But you can argue that part of what makes a streaming service a good product, is the literal product they produce, their content.
Netflix is literally 6x more expensive while having like 6x less content too. and the content they do produce is garbage.
they actually do produce some good content it's just rare sadly and it's getting more rare
I’ll go to my grave mad they cancelled Mindhunter
What do you mean, they have lots of good shows that get cancelled after one season with the story on a cliff hanger
Archive 81 gang where you at?
Crying in the corner? Alrighty
Maybe I'm just getting too old, but what is the logo on the top right in the third panel?
Like the other replies said, it's Viaplay. I don't know about other countries but it's fairly common here in Sweden.
Viaplay. In my country (the Netherlands) the only reason anyone's heard of them (AFAIK) is that they have the rights to broadcast Formula 1 races here so they get a lot of signups at the start of the racing season, and a lot of cancellations at the end of that season.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viaplay
I had no idea either, had to look it up through image search.
I used to love HBO Max until they disrespected animators so fuck em a pirate's life is for me too.
I use to not pay for anything, that's how I was raised, then I learnt why, so fuck em a pirate's life for me too.
It's okay. I didn't want to watch Infinity Train again anyway. 😭
They've gone to shit since the Discovery merger. The only reason I still have Max is because I get it free through my ISP.
I never really took off my favorite hat
Hey this is only the 900.000. time I see this, this year. Maybe post it more often so we can come to 1.000.000 !
I always be sailing the seas, me hearties. Never left her
Same, never betray those who are always on your side
I use to torrent everything until Netflix and as competitors began popping up it was fine as it was convenient but now I can't keep up with what's where. Had to dust off the hat and learned to set up a server for jellyfin. I tried being fair but they got greedy
The original comic said 2019 in the third panel as well as HBO Go. Time for a 2023/Max edit, I guess.
I thoroughly regret not building up a physical media library over the past decade to throw into Jellyfin or something to avoid all the streaming services. facepalm
These media can be found, yarrrr
Step 1: Get a reputable VPN.
Step 2: Install uBlock Origin.
I spent years building a 20tb media archive. I got paranoid I might get caught so I turned my back up drives into encrypted Veracrypt volumes. Before I had a chance to transfer my stuff to them my piece of crap QNAP NAS died and I couldn't decrypt their proprietary RAID encryption.
Go open source kids!
I don't think you need to worry as much once you have the media. It's the act of downloading and sharing where people get caught.
I’m sorry for your loss. The media will remain in our hearts forever! But really, the rabbit hole for media server/NAS setups/RAID configs goes so deep I don’t know where to start or what to think sooo I just ignore it currently.
There used to be a time when you could watch Hulu without a subscription. Times change. Some other times loop.
The problem was not realizing in the first panel that the third panel is inevitable.
Such disrespect for Peacock
Another main reason why I took off my hat back then was because I was a broke college kid with garbage internet speed and my only computer was a laptop. Torrenting shows sometimes means I need to have my laptop on for days. Now I have an entire homelab setup with a dedicated VM on one of my servers for torrenting and I can afford fast internet. I was pleasantly surprised how efficiently I can torrent when I got back sailing recently.
I remember having some reservations and skepticism regarding the ongoing good faith of Netflix when it was the new hotness.
I was called, you may have guessed, a Luddite, and told that "it would be bad business" if Netflix fucked people over and that it'd be silly to hold on to physical copies of entertainment media.
Now I'm basically this face to the same people 
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