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Netflix: Piracy is Difficult to Compete Against and Growing Rapidly (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The thing is that we need an class action Anti-Competitive lawsuit that says that streaming providers are not allowed to only host shows on their own platform and need to "sell themselves" their shows at the same price as they sell to others in pay-per-view terms. That way all streaming providers can host all shows and everyone gets theirs.

It'll also bring out other streaming services that specialise in low-volume purchases with an a-la-carte payment model.

All shows on every platform should be the standard and subscriptions should focus on packaging it into "100/200/1000" views per month, SD/HD/4K model just like Internet service providers do.

Rip not going to see that before I die so that's the pirates life for me. 🦜🏴‍☠️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

“sell themselves” their shows at the same price as they sell to others in pay-per-view terms.

Pay-per-view is terrible. Flat rate is better. Flat rate for unlimited everything.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That depends on how much you watch. People with 2 under 3 year old kids sometimes only watch 3 hours a week TV and would definitely benefit from it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

flat rate for unlimited everything is the only correct way to go.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Or split them so show/movie makers and streaming platforms are completely separate entities.

I can accept that movies need the cinema to survive with their bloated budgets and wage bills. And once it's done there, go to physical/buying, and then streaming maybe.

But otherwise yeah, if it's streaming somewhere it should be streaming everywhere and not disappear.