Comment on Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast”

• Lmaydev@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Considering your attitude is “won’t someone think of the poor corporations” I don’t think you can really judge

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  • NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What the fuck are you talking about?

    My whole attitude was if you give up before you start your boycott, You will fail, yes, it may take a while, but if you get enough people They will fail

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    • rtfm_modular@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The point is not to say all is lost so fuck it, but to highlight that maybe there are systemic issues with an unregulated free markets. Networks have consolidated into a handful of streaming services to a point where there are really no other options for consumers.

      What are you going to do? Read a book? Go back to DVDs? They can afford the relatively few people willing to take an all or nothing proposition to squeeze consumers for all they got. They are also really good at lobbying to keep the law on their side to keep it that way.

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      • NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So what solution would you like?

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