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All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Below is a look at the most exasperating news from streaming services from this week. The scale of this article demonstrates how fast and frequently disappointing streaming news arises. Coincidentally, as we wrote this article, another price hike was announced.

We'll also examine each streaming platform's financial status to get an idea of what these companies are thinking (spoiler: They're thinking about money).

Netflix starts killing its cheapest ad-free plan in June

Sony bumps Crunchyroll prices weeks after shuttering Funimation

Peacock is raising prices

Fubo cuts 19 channels

In a seemingly desperate push, many streaming services prioritize revenue and profits ahead of building the best streaming service for customers.

We could go on about how this might force people to reconsider their subscriptions, but we should publish before another service makes yet another policy change.

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[-] GluWu@lemm.ee 26 points 7 months ago

Where the fuck is this all heading? There isn't any new medium to deliver media to people that will revolutionize content delivery. It's already delivered directly to the device its viewed on. Back to $20 per individual movie like DVDs were before streaming took off? Except 10 more steps away from actual ownership of what you buy?

[-] HaywardT 14 points 7 months ago

I just started using the public library apps this week. Piracy has gotten too difficult for me recently.

[-] Entropywins@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Stremio and realdebrid just google those together and I promise you'll be happy you did!

[-] HaywardT 2 points 7 months ago

Thanks very much. Looks interesting.

[-] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

Unironically, yes. Everything we had 20 years ago, but worse.

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Worse for us. Better for the corporations.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago

It has lead me back to having a media tower and using Jellyfin to keep track of where I was.

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Greeding corporations saw something was popular and profitable 10 years ago and are now doing everything they can to take a slice of the pie and get their fingers it. With more hands in the pan, there is less pie to go around, so they squeezing every last dollar they can out while lying to consumers about why. The income on these ventures is so laughably high and many production costs of the few original programming offered so low that they could cover everything on 5 dollars a month if not less. But if they did that they couldn't give their executives million dollar bonuses, which is the only reason they are in the business.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

DVDs but they can also come to your house and snap the disc in half without offering a refund. Now that's customer service!

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