streaming has absolutely no future.
Streaming isn’t going anywhere, and if anything will likely continue to grow for as cable dies off. It’s just going to consolidate and get shittier (ads) as basically things move back to a model more cable-like. Piracy will probably ramp back to like levels for music in the early 2000’s, but it will remain a niche. Amazon specifically will see blowback for this, but it’s unlikely to move many off of Prime since it’s sort of a tertiary benefit to having a Prime membership, and even if it’s all you got for your Prime membership, it’s still one of the cheapest streaming services.
HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Are their profits going down?
wagoner@infosec.pub 10 months ago
It will be like the Netflix exodus, the reddit exodus, etc. They’ll make more money. The best you can do is be true to yourself and not participate if you don’t want to.
gorogorochan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sadly, this. Average consumer, and I don’t mean it as an insult, will not look for an alternative to streaming. All these giant streaming companies are gauging how far they can go to increase the profit margins.
JonEFive@midwest.social 10 months ago
I’m a technically savvy average consumer, but I’m about ready to put on an eye patch and fly the Jolly Roger.
cybermass@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Yarr
sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Clever