@sezduck because Amazon isn't making enough money /s

@sezduck@twit.social Increase revenues? I thought they already had all the revenues.

@sezduck remember not so long ago when people wanted to stop paying for cable and stream only?

@sezduck @goatsarah It's amazing how many of these companies don't realise that their business model is "be more convenient than Piracy"

@sezduck I'm not convinced the giant entertainment companies care about piracy.

@sezduck @Gargron was going to digitally rent a new release. The two day rental cost was 20% more than it cost me to see the film in my local cinema and they aren’t a cheap cinema either. Needless to say didn’t rent it

@sezduck I’m actually slowly returning back to just buying shows and movies on disc. It slowly becomes cheaper again than having to sub 4 or 5 services. And even then, the movie you wanna watch is on none of them…

@sezduck wtf is with these mega company with billionaire CEOs driving up prices and inflation? Do they not have enough nesting doll yachts? Is it some never-ending dick measuring contest? (Literally for Musk)

You'd think at some point they'd realise that no matter how much money they earn, they will never fill that emptiness inside where their soul used to be.

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buy it. rip it. put it on a stick. watch anywhere

@sezduck i’d also like to mention how Paramount+ inserts unskippable 50 second promos before their shows on their “ad free“ plan.

@sezduck seeing this stuff always just makes me want to raise the flag 🏴‍☠️​

@sezduck Exactly this. Buy a good VPN for $80/year or subscribe to a few streaming platforms for $80/month. I’m currently paying the streaming fees because I want them to continue to create content, but there’s a line and it’s getting close.

@sezduck The sheer number of things that cost money in these screenshots

@sezduck I wait for it to come out on dvd then check it out from my local library. If it doesn’t come out on dvd I don’t watch it. I ❤️ my library.

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Two points:

1.) Apparently Usenet is making a comeback and this could be one of the reasons why.
2.) If there's no legal way to watch a movie, then is it really pirating? No. It's archiving.

@sezduck Literally just told my wife we're going to find other ways to watch the new season of AHS because Hulu isn't worth $18 a month.

@sezduck I am going back to DVDs.

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I'm not gonna pay a subscription to receive access to ads.
If I want to watch videos on a platform full of ads, I'll go on YouTube.

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Thanks for the reminder that I can talk about this here

@sezduck Doesn’t help that the Trek thing is only for the US. P+ in South America only has ENT, PIC, DIS, LD, and just added TNG last month. I think the rest are either on Netflix or Amazon Prime. And PRO is not available anywhere (not even on the Nickelodeon app).

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> how to save

pirate.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

@sezduck How much does a good VPN cost?

@sezduck PBS Passport for as little as five bucks a month you not only support the US gem PBS but also gain access to a plethora of ad free programming including tons of international options. Shout out to Walters Choice. #PBS

@sezduck image 3: "with cost of streaming services going up, how to save."

... Did they give the correct answer? 😉

@sezduck its that scene dfeom Archer but pirates not ants.

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Perfect. Netflix too!

https://mastodon.coffee/@MagentaRocks/111110409532413435

@sezduck Amen. I mean, we already pay a premium for Prime... you gotta throw ads in there too? WTF? Is the quarterly profits arrow just not high enough to satisfy the freakin' dragon?

@sezduck I save money by not paying for any streaming service

So disappointing. And to think we all thought we were paying in order to escape ads.

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@sezduck there are people on Fiverr who will help you build your own media server behind a firewall that can stream literally any show you want. Cannot recommend it enough.

@sezduck Bread and circuses… only you can’t afford the bread. Or the circuses.

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Nothing like capitalism to squeeze to death everything that works well.

@sezduck this way they can tell the creatives that it's our fault they can't pay them living wages. Divide the workers into hostile camps.

@sezduck classic enshittification

@sezduck Physical media distributers do it the same way nowadays. Cargo Pictures for example. DVD without any real bonus material 25€, Bluray 30€. Not even a mediabook. Simple keep cases 🤯. I want the time back with cool labels like Hongkong Legends from the UK …

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Whilst doing their best to keep all those ever-increasing revenues out of the hands of the people who actually made the things. Like writers and actors.

@sezduck Starr apps are the solution.

@sezduck @amberage Streaming platform executives in a year: Pirating hurts our revenues super bad! We need more drm!

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@sezduck @nachtpfoetchen “options are very limited”

I don’t think that setting up a VPN connection and going to 1337x.to and downloading whatever is “limiting”, but ok

@sezduck "Amazon will start putting ads?"

It already does for us, Ads are about the shows in Prime Itself, and prime keeps forcing users to *subscribe* to more shit through prime video 🤡

It's pretty sad.

@sezduck Yeah, I've seen the skull and bone being hoisted up all around me, wondering when I should don my hat as well.

@sezduck after being upset with #StarTrekDiscovery was removed from #Netflix I got upset. Was looking forward to the new season. So I waited to understand what platform I needed to watch it. Paramount+ not being available in Sweden. So they said use SkyShowtime and you get the Paramount+-content. So I did. But no, no #StarTrekDiscovery there. Even if I had a good deal (50% cost) I cancelled it. Watched what I wanted but my main reason wasn’t there. No need to continue paying then!

@sezduck the consequences of growth imperative laid bare.

@sezduck I have never stopped pirating movies, been pirating for over 20 years. Nobody has ever deleted anything from my hard drives other than me, I can still watch movies and series that aren't currently legally available anywhere anymore. I also download all the videos from Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc., that I find remarkable, to keep them safe for later. I have seen too much cool stuff disappear.