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"The state of streaming is… bad. It’s very bad. The first step in wanting to
watch anything is a web search: “Where can I stream X?” Then you have to scroll
past an AI summary with no answers, and then scroll past the sponsored links.
After that, you find out that the thing you want to watch was made by a studio
that doesn’t exist anymore or doesn’t have a streaming service. So, even though
you subscribe to more streaming services than you could actually name, you will
have to buy a digital copy to watch. A copy that, despite paying for it
specifically, you do not actually own and might vanish in a few years.
Then, after you paid to see something multiple times in multiple ways (theater
ticket, VHS tape, DVD, etc.), the mega-corporations behind this nightmare will
try to get Congress to pass laws to ensure you keep paying them. In the end,
this is easier than making a product that works. Or, as someone put it on
social media, these companies have forgotten “that their entire existence
relies on being slightly more convenient than piracy.”
It’s important to recognize this as we see more and more media mergers. These
mergers are not about quality, they’re about control."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
