Streaming Pirates Are Hollywood’s New Villains - Illegal subscription services that steal films or TV shows bring in $2 billion a year in ads and subscriber fees. - eviltoast
  • GONADS125@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    Eh, that only goes so far. Any appeal to their original content is eroded by their practices surrounding streaming packages.

    I canceled when they bumped their price up a lot, and had it structured to where the HD streaming was paired with the package for a bunch of devices. It’s bullshit that they don’t allow HD streaming with a package with only 1 or 2 devices.

    I am also deterred by their password sharing crackdown, because I used to share subscription payments with my brother in another household.

    I read that they’re planning on doing away with the commercial free subscription, and I have no interest to resubscribe if it’s a payment plus commercial model.

    The convince of having quality original content in one place is nullified by their sleazy bullshit practices. There’s no way that their “convince” outweighs the little effort it takes to pirate the content IMO.