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It’s time to rethink our relationships with streaming services (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When they all started touting these services back in the 00's I was like "Why are you morons falling for this shit for?!" Because that all the shit inherent to such a platform was gonna happen sooner or later. Then a few years later "QQ - my fav show got removed from the service and now I can't watch it" or "XYZ got censored!" or "These services are getting worse all the time."

The whole time, I've been sitting on my metaphorical Queen Anne's Revenge and laughing at them. And of course, now that they all want to come back, I'm gleefully throwing down the gangplank!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We all just rent stuff now and it's super annoying since the company decides when the rent is over, not us. Despite paying for the service each month, we have no say in what stays and what disappears.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know it sounds naive but honestly I just wish I could consume media and when I like it I can just send them some money without any hassle.

Perhaps a monthly preset amount that is spread out over my consumption.

I know the pirate bay guys did something like that where you have a centralized subscription and can like blog posts and the like.

However I'd prefer something like crypto, but also convenient and controlled by a Foss program running on my own hardware.

Dreams am I right.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Minus the crypto (save for big maybe monero), I completely agree. I just don't want to primarily support the middle men and would rather support the creators. I don't mind giving them some money to distribute the media, but not even close to the lion's share they get now.