People need to start paying creators to make stuff for the public domain and refuse to pay to access anything that everyone doesn’t have access to.
I’ve given Wikipedia money, I’ll never pay for Netflix.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Fuck Warner Bros and Sony PlayStation for this.
But it’s not just them, it’s an entire industry. If you pay for media and you don’t get it physically in full, or the ability to download it in a DRM-free portable format, remember that you don’t own it. Only do it in the knowledge that some day you will not have it anymore.
There are other options available for you. BluRays, piracy.
Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Considering how much it costs to make the average movie or TV show, a Patreon isn’t going to cut it. If you want a guy talking in front of a microphone with a producer and a writing team of two, sure, you can pay the creators for that. It’s not something most people will want to watch in replacement of the entertainment they’re used to.
Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
The maths are pretty clear though, we know consumers have the money needed to pay for blockbusters and that they don’t mind giving it over to view entertainment because that’s where the companies get the money from - in fact we know that there is excess because a large portion goes to shareholders as profit.
Collectively we could combine community creation, open source tooling and creator funding to make things on a far larger scale than any marvel movie, I don’t really think we should tbh but funding reasonable ventures, tools and resources is something we absolutely can and should be doing.
ultra@feddit.ro 7 months ago
If buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing.
flamingarms@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Mate, we’ve got it; we understand your position. You don’t need to keep posting it.
EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Lol I posted the same thing and have now seen it 5 times in this thread. Yo-Ho!