Movies

things we tried:

• jacking up prices
• adding ads to paid services
• canceling the better shows
• not adding anything meaningful
• making specifically terrible shows that are obviously terrible from the get go
• making the algorithm noticeably worse to cover up for the worse output
• platforming has-been comedians so they can cry about how they aren't platformed anymore on our platform in a distinctly unfunny and joke-free manner

We're out of ideas... maybe we should utilize AI?

no they started pirating because of the ridiculous number of ~~screaming~~ streaming services

It's not fatigue, it's enshitification. We're not going to continue paying more for less. Bye!

1. Streaming time grows steadily for years.
2. Streaming services insert ads in paid accounts.
3. Streaming time decreases.
4. "Streaming Fatigue" - yeah, that's it! Obviously!

Very simple rule fuckers. Ads and free or paid and no ads.

Hmm... Yeah this is why they're going after pirate sites because people pushing back.

If green line for streaming does not continue to go up, I expect the propaganda with VPNs will be targeted as "used by criminals" Or "exclusive to CSAM" with talks of senate or house about "banning" or "restricting" them "for the children" in 2025

Yar harr fiddly dee dee

Too many services with too low quality content.

Once Upon a Time Netflix premiered a handful of huge shows and movies a season. Then they got addicted to watch metrics and decided everything should be "second screen content" from a firehose.

Now I don't watch any Netflix original until it's concluded or has rave reviews, because it's likely to get canceled in season 1 or just not be worth watching at all. And in the rare case it is great, gets picked up, and have rave reviews, they can still fuck it up like The Witcher.

Every other network is pretty much guilty of this too. I'm so, so over it. They have made me actually long for the option of a singular cable-like license I could get, because they are so shitty at maintaining their services and their catalogs are so poor now.

I just roll my own now and host a Plex server, because fuck em.

Put ads in a service I pay for?
*****cancelled!****"

I'm done with streaming it only really worked when there was one, now they've saturated it to the degree it's pointless. Not only that but they keep raising prices for a worse service and now they have all went ad crazy on top of it.

I see no benifit to subscribing to any of them I'd rather watch free to air stuff if I have to see ads, and for anything else I'll hoist the black flag since I'd likely need about 10 subscriptions otherwise.

I want to watch Stargate SG1. I hear people say it's on Prime Video, so I subscribe. It's not there. I guess being a filthy European makes me unworthy. So I bite the bullet and get a VPN. Now I'm paying what amounts to twice the price of the usual subscription. I start watching the series and guess what? It's leaving Prime in a few days. Motherf...

I hadn't noticed, but the consolidation has happened. The cycle completes as the phone and cable companies all have streaming bundles now. It's cable TV again in another form. Still horseshit, but that's going to be their collective play I guess

I have none of them left. Same reasons as everyone else, the value is not there and it's a subscription that ticks money even when I don't use it.

Maybe they should try not being shitty and expensive?

No one has mentioned COVID and habits. Sure we aren't in lockdown, but it was literally the only thing to do a few years ago and people likely continued due to it be a comfort.

It has changed how we did things. As well as all the enshitifucation.

I honestly don't even care to watch things anymore anyway; This is probably closed minded of me to say but, I feel like I've already watched my favorite movie and my favorite tv show. If new stuff comes out that is good, that's great! but it's never going to be as meaningful to me as the things I watched as I grew up. Hollywood is old news, gaming is where it's at for me now.

Sounds like they need to make it 25% more expensive next year. That will fix it!

Why pay for 20 services offering 10 mid quality exclusives when I can pay for a VPN.

So many service raised their price and so many people cancelled their subscription in response, in summary: FAFO

I gave up on streaming entirely a few years ago, and now just collect physical media of various formats from Ebay, Yahoo Auctions, Amazon, thrift stores, antique stores, garage sales, and estate sales, etc.

Are they including streaming from torrents in their study?

I spent $0 and use free streaming instead. Pluto.tv, Tubi, Roku, and YouTube have plenty of shit to watch, not to mention other options. I had been a Netflix and Prime subscriber from the beginning (like, back when Netflix only shipped DVDs) but both companies kept getting shittier and charging more so I ditched them.

Spotify was the only service I had. Lost my job, cut back. Thought I'd be fine with some ads. Not like THAT I wasn't.

Thankfully I downloaded all my music first. Been too lazy to find a FOSS alternative to play it all.

I have Prime (for delivery savings) and still steal the shit they play. If I like it, I keep it. If not, I delete it. Backed up onsite and offsite. Fuck 'em. $100/yr. to Google gets me plenty of storage.

LOL, nothing new to me. I'm in an amazing, high-tech version of 1999. Fuck it. I'm stealing it. Again.