▲ 49 ▼ Streaming was supposed to stop piracy. Now it is easier than ever (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by cccc@aussie.zone to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments Slightly older (2021) article I found while searching for this place. It pretty much says what we’ve all been saying.
[–] wahming@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago (3 children) Stop blaming the pandemic. The reason Netflix can't hold on to customers is they canceled everything worth watching. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SoupOfTheDay@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago Jacked up prices, added a ton of crappy content instead of focusing on fewer but better quality shows, “crackdown” on password sharing when they once encouraged it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] illyria817@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 years ago Yeah, they started canceling shit long before the pandemic, I think around 2016. Once they decided to go all-in on original content, they began letting licensing contracts expire. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cccc@aussie.zone [S] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) What did they cancel? Legit question because I only had one of my shows cancelled. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wahming@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) A better question would be - what DIDN'T they cancel? Here's a list of Netflix Originals they cancelled: https://decider.com/list/canceled-netflix-original-shows/ That list also doesn't seem to include shows that were informed they were getting cut, so ended it prematurely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cccc@aussie.zone [S] 2 points 3 years ago Point taken. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SoupOfTheDay@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago Jacked up prices, added a ton of crappy content instead of focusing on fewer but better quality shows, “crackdown” on password sharing when they once encouraged it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] illyria817@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 years ago Yeah, they started canceling shit long before the pandemic, I think around 2016. Once they decided to go all-in on original content, they began letting licensing contracts expire. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cccc@aussie.zone [S] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) What did they cancel? Legit question because I only had one of my shows cancelled. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wahming@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) A better question would be - what DIDN'T they cancel? Here's a list of Netflix Originals they cancelled: https://decider.com/list/canceled-netflix-original-shows/ That list also doesn't seem to include shows that were informed they were getting cut, so ended it prematurely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cccc@aussie.zone [S] 2 points 3 years ago Point taken. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wahming@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) A better question would be - what DIDN'T they cancel? Here's a list of Netflix Originals they cancelled: https://decider.com/list/canceled-netflix-original-shows/ That list also doesn't seem to include shows that were informed they were getting cut, so ended it prematurely. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cccc@aussie.zone [S] 2 points 3 years ago Point taken. permalink fedilink source parent