Comment on Streaming costs are rising, and there are more platforms than ever to choose between. Some people are going back to piracy

• Mkengine@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes there is competition for streaming but not for the specific content of the service. With music I can choose Spotify or Deezer or whatever, but for Disney content I can only use Disney+ or for Paramount Content only Paramount+, so the have a monopoly for their respective content.

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  • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s most industries though. That’s like saying Toyota has a monopoly on Toyotas but, I can just buy a Ford that does the same exact thing. That’s not what monopoly means.

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    • Hycer@lemdro.id ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s not a very good analogy, but even if we run with a cars one… then it’s more like one dealership being the only one allowed to sell Toyotas. You aren’t allowed to buy any Toyota, even a used rusty one, from any other dealership. If the dealership decides it costs too much in storage to keep a certain car, like a Prius c, in stock…well they just get rid of the Prius C altogether. (HBO and Westworld being the dealership and Prius c for example)

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      • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Isn’t it though?

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    • Mkengine@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I see what you mean, I think you’re right.

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