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[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I pay a fee, I don’t want ads – just content. That’s my beef with cable and the enshitification of streaming. While I’m at it, the bitrate of both is unacceptable.

This is no longer about cost, but quality they won’t provide which is the basis of the platitude “the customer is always right”.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Advertisers can pay more to stay in the room than you will realistically pay to have them expelled.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

... Which means that businesses are making 'too much' money on top to sink into such endeavors, no?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

The customer is only right if they threaten to cancel their service

Even then, if the cost of improving service is more than one customer's cancellation, the customer can kick rocks

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I don't think so, I'm using a VPN server in Russia LMAO!!

[–] [email protected] 61 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nevermind fixing your business model when you can just buy politicians to make trying to work outside of your business model illegal.

Stay classy, Copyright Mafia.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But you don't understand, if people stop pirating, the subscription prices will go down because of all the parasites who get it for free. The corporations would never just take the additional money and raise prices to get even more, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget the /s, Poe's Law and all that jazz, ya know

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I hope it was clear enough

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In fact, prices will go even HIGHER, because now you have no choice. Either pay $120 for cable or pay for streaming. Or read a book. Or go outside.

With no piracy, they can charge whatever they want. $50 a month Netflix incoming!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

go outside

THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT