Sony is erasing over 550 movies from PlayStation libraries without offering a single refund. If clicking "Buy" only grants access until a corporate licensing deal expires, the service is fundamentally broken.
Convenience is a huge factor, Valve has clearly gotten that.
I still pirate a lot of media, even though I pay for streaming simply because my own “service” isn’t as crap.
Many people will happily pay for good service, not for the constant enshittification they throw at us.
Same. With a dockerized *arr stack and NZB360 I don’t have to worry about where something is streaming, what platform currently nas the license, what login I need, blah blah. Just search, add, it’s ready to watch jellyfin->kodi rpi->tv. No streaming tracking for recommendation algorithms or to sell info to data brokers.
On one hand, I also don’t have to worry about finding the disc, or getting it at a store (if they have it). There is an experience to that kind of search that is lost, but damn the convenience of this setup is nice.
I would pay a decent amount of money—even the $150-250 cable TV used to cost for that hosted by someone else. Though, only if it was ad-free and tracking free.
I realize that’s not how capitalism works, and can never without he internet as it currently is set up.
He isn’t wrong. The last game I pirated was Escape from Butcher Bay, because it wasn’t on steam.
Convenience is a huge factor, Valve has clearly gotten that.
I still pirate a lot of media, even though I pay for streaming simply because my own “service” isn’t as crap. Many people will happily pay for good service, not for the constant enshittification they throw at us.
Same. With a dockerized *arr stack and NZB360 I don’t have to worry about where something is streaming, what platform currently nas the license, what login I need, blah blah. Just search, add, it’s ready to watch jellyfin->kodi rpi->tv. No streaming tracking for recommendation algorithms or to sell info to data brokers.
On one hand, I also don’t have to worry about finding the disc, or getting it at a store (if they have it). There is an experience to that kind of search that is lost, but damn the convenience of this setup is nice.
I would pay a decent amount of money—even the $150-250 cable TV used to cost for that hosted by someone else. Though, only if it was ad-free and tracking free.
I realize that’s not how capitalism works, and can never without he internet as it currently is set up.