Internet Piracy Is Booming. Streaming Sites Are to Blame.
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Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.

How Disney and Warner Bros. Are Causing Internet Piracy to Boom | Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.::Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.

  • crackajack@reddthat.comEnglish
    251·
    10 months ago

    My coworkers talk about various TV shows and movies. I may not be able to keep up with the shows and miss out on the discussions, but fuck FOMO.

    • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      151·
      10 months ago

      There’s been almost no movies that have come out that I’ve really cared about, nor.most of my friends.

      I’ve found TV shows to be somewhat more compelling. But it’s been really hard to decide what to try to get into (limited time, partly).

      But also the shared element isn’t there like it used to be. There’s just so MUCH stuff to watch, finding people to talk to about the stuff is harder than it used to be. That’s good in the sense of having choice, but worse in having the entertainment provide a connection to people and talk about. Which was always one of my motivators to watch stuff.

      Plus games and YouTube and other things competing, and fragmentation of where stuff is, and corporate plbullshit turning me off, I just care less about long form shows being put out.

      But people are definitely still watching tons and tons of shit. “Consuming” and “binging” is bigger than ever. I guess it’s just not us so much.

      • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.websiteEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        More stuff is switching to weekly rollouts and I end up not watching at all because of that.

        There’s nothing wider than binging a show then getting the last episode 2 weeks later.

        • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          5·
          10 months ago

          Binging shows is one of the reasons why we live in the entertainment hellscape that we have. When everything is instant gratification, it means less and it’s less enjoyable. Wait a week for the next episode creates excitement and ultimately more joy over the several year period it’ll take you to finish watching the show. The same goes for people. You’re more likely to have fond feelings for the person you’ve known all your life rather than the person you sat next to on the bus for a couple hours.

    • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.websiteEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I honestly haven’t heard a coworker mention a TV show since White Lotus last January. Not a single show.

      I’ve talked about a couple with friends: Scott Pilgrim, The Last of Us, House of Usher, but generally I brought it up and really 2023 was not a very memorable year for TV shows.

      • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        TLOU was pretty good, although there’s literally nothing to talk about given how directly faithful it is to the game.