Seems like a bit of a "no sh*t Sherlock" situation to me - did NBC think that migrating an iconic series from one of the most popular streaming platforms to their little-known branded service...
Seems like a bit of a "no sh*t Sherlock" situation to me - did NBC think that migrating an iconic series from one of the most popular streaming platforms to their little-known branded service would drive up viewership? There's already enough fragmentation in the streaming space, I can see why a torrent client + VPN is easier and cheaper than managing 5+ streaming platform subscriptions in terms of getting access to everything.
Yeah, if the amount of Peacock subscription revenue brought in by The Office exceeds the licensing fees Netflix was paying, then NBC comes out ahead. Everything else is irrelevant.
Yeah, if the amount of Peacock subscription revenue brought in by The Office exceeds the licensing fees Netflix was paying, then NBC comes out ahead. Everything else is irrelevant.
This is a rather controversial aspect of the platform, but if you buy all your subscriptions on iOS then Apple makes it trivially easy to pause or cancel all of them in one place, with no...
This is a rather controversial aspect of the platform, but if you buy all your subscriptions on iOS then Apple makes it trivially easy to pause or cancel all of them in one place, with no obnoxious dark patterns getting in the way and making it difficult. I mix my streaming subscriptions up all the time now based on what I want to watch over the next month or two.
It only works because Apple forces developers to handle in-app purchases and subscriptions using Apple's payment processing API, which takes a chunk of the profit.
It only works because Apple forces developers to handle in-app purchases and subscriptions using Apple's payment processing API, which takes a chunk of the profit.
Netflix shuffles media constantly, you have to subscribe to five different streaming sites to watch a show and even then it could disappear next month, and you can't share the account with anyone else. To get good coverage of streaming services you need to subscribe to several.
Meanwhile in piracy land, you sign up to a seedbox, press a button to set up Plex+Sonarr/Radarr, then you're done. Type in the names of the things you want, share it with as many people as you want, etc. Literally all you have to bother with is disk usage and most of the sites I looked at last month had a minimum offering of 500GiB, some boasting 1TB of disk space -- so even that isn't much of a problem.
That includes Plex + etc + 4TB Disk. One-button setup for all the supported services.
So like I said, all this measure does is drive people to piracy. They're literally faceplanting on their way to extract more and more money from people.
More and more torrent users are being sued for copyright infringement every day in Brazil (it's been in the news), to the point that I'm weary of risking myself. I wouldn't have the money to pay...
Honestly, this is the one part of this story that I just don't get. Why do people need to keep watching the same shows over and over again? Doesn't it get boring after a while? There is so much...
Honestly, this is the one part of this story that I just don't get. Why do people need to keep watching the same shows over and over again? Doesn't it get boring after a while?
There is so much content being produced right now. If I were to dedicate all of my free time, I still wouldn't be able to keep up with every show I wanted to on Netflix alone.
I could get it if it's a show that you love so much that you want to be able to watch it whenever you felt like it, but if that's the case, why not just buy it? If you get it on physical media, nobody will ever be able to take it away from you.
And for the record, I'm not trying to shame anyone who's pirating it. Frankly the current price of the Blu-Ray box set is way too damn high. I just want to understand why people keep needing to watch reruns instead of finding new things that will make them happy.
There's a study I read about how the familiarity in watching something where you know what happens reduces anxiety in your mind with the world being very uncertain and causing stress it's...
There's a study I read about how the familiarity in watching something where you know what happens reduces anxiety in your mind with the world being very uncertain and causing stress it's understandable a little comfort and familiarity in the background is nice.
I rewatch content all the time and it usually falls into one of two categories: My ADHD is throwing a fit and I need some extra stimulation. Usually what I'll be looking for is something that will...
I rewatch content all the time and it usually falls into one of two categories:
My ADHD is throwing a fit and I need some extra stimulation. Usually what I'll be looking for is something that will run for a long time and makes background noise while I'm doing something else like failing at knitting. I don't want to put on a new show because I know I'm not really paying attention to it and I want to dedicate my full attention to new shows. So I throw on something I've already seen.
When my anxiety is bad but I want to watch something. You never know what kind of crazy shit could happen in a new show, but that show you've already seen? You know exactly what's going to happen, no surprises to make your anxiety worse.
Honestly a lot of the time it'll go on in the background while cleaning or even sometimes if working late. Also, sometimes at the end of a stressful day/week I just want to be able to put on some...
Honestly a lot of the time it'll go on in the background while cleaning or even sometimes if working late. Also, sometimes at the end of a stressful day/week I just want to be able to put on some sort of noise that doesn't require me to think too much and will make me laugh.
I'd consider buying it except that I'm not actually sure I have a way to play physical media.
Seems like a bit of a "no sh*t Sherlock" situation to me - did NBC think that migrating an iconic series from one of the most popular streaming platforms to their little-known branded service would drive up viewership? There's already enough fragmentation in the streaming space, I can see why a torrent client + VPN is easier and cheaper than managing 5+ streaming platform subscriptions in terms of getting access to everything.
Yeah, if the amount of Peacock subscription revenue brought in by The Office exceeds the licensing fees Netflix was paying, then NBC comes out ahead. Everything else is irrelevant.
This is a rather controversial aspect of the platform, but if you buy all your subscriptions on iOS then Apple makes it trivially easy to pause or cancel all of them in one place, with no obnoxious dark patterns getting in the way and making it difficult. I mix my streaming subscriptions up all the time now based on what I want to watch over the next month or two.
Why is that controversial? I enjoy the feature a lot.
It only works because Apple forces developers to handle in-app purchases and subscriptions using Apple's payment processing API, which takes a chunk of the profit.
That's not true, though. To quote this one hacker news comment:
Also you don't need to download it for it to be piracy when there's illegal streams that count as piracy.
Sadly 60 dollars a year is no longer affordable for many in Brazil. That's about 300 Brazilian Reais.
How come? :/
Depends how likely you are to get a cease and decist cause if there's no chance there's no point.
Most certainly possible, see my other answer. Not super likely, but probable enough to make me afraid.
More and more torrent users are being sued for copyright infringement every day in Brazil (it's been in the news), to the point that I'm weary of risking myself. I wouldn't have the money to pay the fine for something like that. My mom asked me to download the Oscar movies and I said no...
First thing I did when they announced it was leaving was go find it elsewhere.
I mean, um, I pay for peacock and don't have a Plex server anywhere.
Honestly, this is the one part of this story that I just don't get. Why do people need to keep watching the same shows over and over again? Doesn't it get boring after a while?
There is so much content being produced right now. If I were to dedicate all of my free time, I still wouldn't be able to keep up with every show I wanted to on Netflix alone.
I could get it if it's a show that you love so much that you want to be able to watch it whenever you felt like it, but if that's the case, why not just buy it? If you get it on physical media, nobody will ever be able to take it away from you.
And for the record, I'm not trying to shame anyone who's pirating it. Frankly the current price of the Blu-Ray box set is way too damn high. I just want to understand why people keep needing to watch reruns instead of finding new things that will make them happy.
There's a study I read about how the familiarity in watching something where you know what happens reduces anxiety in your mind with the world being very uncertain and causing stress it's understandable a little comfort and familiarity in the background is nice.
That actually makes sense to me. Thanks for the insight.
I rewatch content all the time and it usually falls into one of two categories:
My ADHD is throwing a fit and I need some extra stimulation. Usually what I'll be looking for is something that will run for a long time and makes background noise while I'm doing something else like failing at knitting. I don't want to put on a new show because I know I'm not really paying attention to it and I want to dedicate my full attention to new shows. So I throw on something I've already seen.
When my anxiety is bad but I want to watch something. You never know what kind of crazy shit could happen in a new show, but that show you've already seen? You know exactly what's going to happen, no surprises to make your anxiety worse.
Honestly a lot of the time it'll go on in the background while cleaning or even sometimes if working late. Also, sometimes at the end of a stressful day/week I just want to be able to put on some sort of noise that doesn't require me to think too much and will make me laugh.
I'd consider buying it except that I'm not actually sure I have a way to play physical media.