r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 11d ago

SMH Streaming was a mistake

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u/bugbearmagic 11d ago

Yeah people need to just have enough self control to speak with their wallets.

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u/Aiyakiu 11d ago

I canceled Netflix a while ago and now I'm about to cancel Disney Plus. I'm doing my part!

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u/Bitmush- 11d ago

Unsubscription guarantees citizenship !

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u/thisismego 10d ago

Yeah, I canceled Netflix, too, as a result of the latest priuce hikes. Now I'm basically down to Prime

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u/LisbonBaseball 11d ago

Never. Have had both many years and not ready to give them up. Still better than what we had w cable 20 years ago. I was paying $100/mo for that bs then. Now I have much more to choose from, no commercials,and still pay less than half what cable was 20 years ago. You guys are nuts.

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u/witty-malter 11d ago

There is barely anything watchable on either of them. Piracy is more convenient than ever with how fast internet has gotten.

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u/flopisit32 11d ago

This is one of the few industries where it you don't like the price of the product, there are alternate ways to get it.

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u/witty-malter 9d ago

I think streaming made piracy unpopular because it was a lot more convenient for very little money. Now the shows are spread across 5 different platforms. Have of what I want is not available anyway. And it’s expensive.

The development of faster and faster internet also made piracy more convenient.

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u/Poutvora 11d ago

7 usd is believable and appropriate in my opinion. 8 also. I'd pay 11 if I used it as much as I use spotify and I could add another account to it. Anything above is too much unless it has all the films and tv shows there are, Because then you can justify paying as it's the only one you need.

But I don't pay any of it. just spotify because I use it a lot.

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u/Greedyanda 11d ago

7 USD is less than what a single series on DVD used to cost. People are now watching more than that per week.

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u/Poutvora 11d ago

7 USD is also what disney+ used to cost way after you had been buying dvds.

But sure, defend high high costs for some reason.

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u/Greedyanda 11d ago

Yeah and they were losing money. The price only existed as a promotion.

But sure, expect businesses to donate money to you.

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u/Poutvora 10d ago

Nah. I won't pay anything and leave the donating to rich shareholders to you schmucks.

Those poor guys wouldn't survive without it.

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u/Greedyanda 10d ago

Fascinating. You managed to not even understand a 2 sentence paragraph.

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u/Poutvora 10d ago

I understand you like to defend the greed of one of the richest corporations in the world.  That is fascinating.