Situation: There are 14 competing streaming platforms.

Ridiculous! We need one streaming platform for all the media licenses.

Situation: There are 15 competing streaming platforms.

https://xkcd.com/927/

I mean, they made piracy WAY easier to understand than how to legally watch all the seasons of pokemon in order, so I’m really just not feeling any sympathy for streaming companies whatsoever

I'm reminded what GabeN said: Piracy is an issue of service, not price.

I agree with him up to a point. As price gouging is a feature of modern day streaming.

One reason Steam became the defacto standard is because the insane Steam sales that Valve put on in the early days.

They kept their monopoly in the face of other stores giving away games mostly due to service, though.

What a shitshow streaming is. So glad I'm not funding it at all.

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https://piped.video/yvhv7bgmz64

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