Comment on Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast”
Lmaydev@programming.dev 8 months agoThey make plenty of money. They’re not exactly poor.
They’re trying to squeeze every penny they can out of people.
iAmTheTot@kbin.social 8 months ago
Yes, they are. I pretty much said that. Stop paying for it and send them a message that the value is not good anymore.
rtfm_modular@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Good concept in theory but consolidation of streaming services to a handful of providers in an $88 billion dollar industry means the reality for most is that you can culturally isolate yourself by not consuming or seek illegal means of getting your entertainment.
Voting with your dollars works for mom and pop shops, but a loss in viewership due to changes in fees was calculated and note in the ledger.
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 8 months ago
With that attitude it is, you’ve lost before you begun off you don’t try.
Lmaydev@programming.dev 8 months ago
Considering your attitude is “won’t someone think of the poor corporations” I don’t think you can really judge