The NETFLIX Problem

The Streaming Industry will Collapse. Here's why.
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[@Uniquenameosaurus]

Are you here because of my eerily accurate prediction? Do you want a better system where streaming services are convenient, cheap and have every in demand show? Why not abolish copyright entirely? I started a public domain web comic to prove creators can still profit without IP: www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/airlock-bound-the-public-domain-web-comic/prologue/viewer?title_no=739919&episode_no=2

[@mathhelplearningcenter5569]

You are a prophet my good man.

[@sjzz]

🛐

[@00M_Clanks]

Could you please elaborate on how this copyright-free system that you’re proposing would work?

[@Asmrnerd10]

The way you explain this, bores me to death with ur analogies and boring examples... Get to the point

[@anhdunghisinh]

I think the solution is to separate the streaming service and the content creation into 2 industry. All the streaming services nowadays are controlling both creating products step and delivery step which makes them lazy. It's should be made like the retail industry. This will make a 2 layer-supply chain that each layer have to horn their own products or the other layer will just choose their competitor. Sadly I don't think those big boys in the streaming services will accept this cuz why would they cut of their leg?

[@MemTMCR]

the worst part of this is that some pirate sites are generally better than sites that cost money

[@daniellundberg2875]

Generally? You kidding? Any torrent site that doesn't steal your identity or something is vastly superior to what streaming services even can deliver.

[@itsokaytobewhite7920]

Memion ..don't you mean all are better than sites that take your money?

[@Ryu99420]

in a few years piracy will rise again anyway because there will be too many streaming sides and you don't want to have 20 different sides to have a little variety

[@thetwilighthunter1150]

Because it’s an actual competitive market, because they are illegal anyway there’s no paper in the way of just taking as many shows as they can, so what they innovate in order to draw customers to their site rather then other competitors. It’s interesting how things work in illegal markets when legal markets fail.

[@qtaro-7097]

Memion pirates life for me

[@Ckoudous]

It can be summarized like this, when i first got Netflix, they had a library of 22000 shows and movies, and now it is below 5000, and cost way more,

[@erickiam25]

Cloudous if 9$ is too much for you you need to get a better job

[@ahouyearno]

@@erickiam25 as if people choose to have bad jobs. And it's the principle, now you pay 11€ for way less shows. It doesn't matter how cheap or expensive something is ... if it becomes more expensive while getting worse, there's an issue.

[@erickiam25]

ahouyearno but it’s not getting worse ! Netflix is only getting better . It has A ton of great material Stranger things, when they see us . I don’t get how you clowns are saying it’s failing . When it’s successful . I’m getting my Money worth . It’s way cheaper than cable and has allot of great shows stop hating

[@berH96]

@@erickiam25 what if for example stranger things was from the 17 000 shows or movies that got removed? You wouldn't be barking then, right? The point is that you are paying the same price for less content.

[@erickiam25]

Beryu Hadzhiev well i don’t have to count every single film and tv series on there but i do know I’m happy with what i pay for . And Netflix is genius . And it’s better than cable . You can binge watch With out commercials . You and your so called facts are off .

[@CalmLemon05]

"i mean technically youtube has its own originals but no one gives a shit about those" Haha true. The problem is KZbin was created for free streaming, and people got soo used to it, to the point that when youtube offers videos that cost 5$ or more people be like "why would i watch that when there's alot of videos to watch for free".

[@Sam-fy8mt]

Origin is pretty amazing though ( youtube originals )

[@BrunoBritos]

@@Sam-fy8mt "Wayne" also is pretty fun.

[@sahulianhooligan7046]

Cobra Kai is the shit

[@dupersuper6516]

Wayne was dope but I used free trial for that and I'll do it again for s2

[@BrunoBritos]

@@dupersuper6516 me was torrent

[@jamielamie2229]

"Sell your lock screen to advertisers" dude shut up they'll hear you

[@Alpha-106]

Coming new to The Iphone FU....

[@donsajith291]

This already exists

[@misc4580]

already exists with Amazon. you can buy certain types of phones from them for significantly less if you let them run ads on your home / lock screen. admittedly, you can pay the difference between the ad-free and ad filled phones later on and the ads get removed

[@deoxal7947]

@@misc4580 I literally had this, but they actually shut the ad servers down. Probably because it wasn't actually profitable. Still can't unlock the bootloader though. Thanks a lot Motorola.

[@ano_nym]

And I assume they have a locked bootloader so you can't just root them and get rid of it?

[@Ninque]

People are willing to pay for convenience, you take that away and piracy will rise again...thanks for the video

[@maeve0301]

Well, the average consumer doesn't really care about these things. They just buy a streaming service depending on what exclusives it has (or sometimes based just on what their friends use) and just watch those. The same thing goes for consoles. If it wasn't for the exclusives, consoles would mostly be dead and they'd have to change a lot to even get close to competing with PC.

[@denzellizasuain563]

@@maeve0301 which consoles can never compete with computers. Pc has 3 steps ahead in technology. So consoles could just die completely and just become companies that make money out of games (prob not nintedo, they make some funky stuff) Though having the pick up and play and not having to upgrade your graphic card every year to play the newest games can keep them afloat but lets be real. Ps and nintendo exclusives are keeping them alive Why you think Xbox is putting halo on pc

[@maeve0301]

@@denzellizasuain563 first, "PC is 3 steps ahead", not "PC has 3 steps ahead" 2nd. You DON'T have to upgrade every year, or every month or whatever. Considering consoles use 2010 hardware and run the newest games, you can easily build a PC that can run every game at console level, but 60 fps.

[@Jono997]

@@maeve0301 I would expect no less from a bb fan. Good job.

[@Sheechiibii]

@@maeve0301 I don't know about that. I think the 'average consumer' cares more for convenience than having the absolute best in everything. I don't believe exclusives are what keep consoles alive rather than the reliability/convenience of them. Average people don't want to put in the effort or money to upgrade their pcs regularly, check each new games required specs, usually mess around with the settings before every new game. The people who put in that effort do it because unlike the average consumer, they want to experience the games in the very best form they possibly can. They care about that more than the convenience of just having a system that they can reliably play new games on with minimal effort before starting. Likewise, I think the 'average' person would rather have the tv shows and movies they want to watch all available in one product for one price. So that they can skip wasting time searching for what they want on seperate but pretty much identical streaming services, wasting time, money, and causing annoyance and frustration. I think that's the biggest draw of piracy, the convenience and reliability of it in comparison to the legal methods of needing multiple subscriptions and still not getting what you actually want - causing them to resort to piracy anyway half the time.

[@naikthecat9304]

There's also the problem of region locked content. As much as I can understand Netflix still suffers from this. Not the same problem but still something that could lead to piracy :/

[@Wool_Scarf]

Thing is that's less directly related to competing platforms but to licensing. Which platforms compete for. Which is another aspect of exclusivity.

[@PandoraHearchu]

Region locked content is better than not having the service available at all (Hulu) or only one cable provider providing the service (HBO).

[@supersebac320]

It is, i know that they also do region specific stuff, the problem is that in a globalized society, its unfair to know that North America has the mst3k reboot and the old episodes and that in south america they dont have it, that and the latinamerican dubs usually sucks, if you want an example. Rick and Morty was published by Netflix in south america, sadly they did a really quick dub that deletes most of the jokes and has a really small cast

[@HootingLance]

You wouldn't believe how hard it's been to keep up with game of thrones in Australia. I've finally had to sell my soul to foxtel

[@raspberrymilkshake5782]

@@HootingLance you wouldn't believe how hard it is to watch game of thrones in the first place in New Zealand.

[@DarcyCardinal]

Pretty clever. We switched from Cable to streaming, and the media companies noticed. Now they are dividing up the streaming services and the cost will soon be more than cable.

[@MansaX]

You lose either way. Good point.

[@djosearth3618]

which is unreasonable when you consider we're supposed to be doing away with the middle manning cable co and their bulk pricing forcing sports content on every subscriber's bill. which I've heard could be up to half of the bill total.

[@jennyraylen8410]

The good thing is, we can stop it by calling out their unfair prices and abuse of copyright. We aren’t helpless.

[@juanis8219]

Jenny Raylen calling them out how? Your idea sounds great but like how could we actually make an impact

[@jennyraylen8410]

@@juanis8219 For one, we can take it to court like what happened in the 1900s to movie theaters. For another, public outcry does a LOT these days with the internet. Finally, there's nothing more powerful than money. If enough people refuse to buy the streaming services and instead pirate (as many people already do), streaming services will start to see they're missing out on potential money they could get if they stopped buying exclusive rights to movies/TV shows.

[@nawarz2181]

One network to watch them all, One network to bring them, One network to bring them all. And in the darkness binds them, #ThePirateBay

[@aidenzapper8437]

@Opecuted and VPN too.

[@sinnerthesinful552]

@@aidenzapper8437 not illegal here, so I don't need it

[@aidenzapper8437]

@@sinnerthesinful552 me too. My mother agreed that piracy should be abolished especially if the company needs more money and market stock.

[@NateROCKS112]

@@aidenzapper8437 um, what? Are you suggesting that the copyright system in, e.g., the U.S., is _good?_ What societal good could come from that company getting a little extra money? The answer is absolutely none.

[@aidenzapper8437]

@@NateROCKS112 um only in third world countries. First world doesn't deserve because of their economic system and currency works. Due to how jurisdiction works. It's better to take responsibility that files or media if you're download illegal depends if it's safe or not. Usually you notice free files can very rarely have virus while paid like software does not except open source.

[@krystencabbage1032]

Reasons I use Netflix: 1. My parents have an account that they let me use for free. 2. Some of the original shows/movies are pretty good. 3. My parents have an account that they let me use for free.

[@minimouette]

in my case: 1: i live alone and the price is much cheeper than cable tv where you can't split it unless you live together. 2: was the only service I knew then + my tv have the app 3: no publicity + watch whenever i want + binge watching 4: THIS ----> can watch the show in the original language with easy quality subs if needed (i'm from the french part of canada) 5: Have acces to a show's new season a year earlier (tv have the dubbing process where i'm from) 6: originals are usualy good, plus nice diversity of show's origins (yay for german, korean, colombian, and french show) 7: And the biggest reason: It's easy to stream for free the show you can't find on the plateform ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ so no need to switch to an other service.

[@brotherjuggernaut7299]

Just get Hulu for 12 bucks, Netflix is the B side of the B side, Sharknado is a premier show to them, poor poor Tara Reid.

[@Alecexo]

Krysten Cabbage same exact situation for me

[@hasan_z]

@@minimouette number 7 is a good reason to not have netflix

[@minimouette]

Hasan all the other ones make it worth it

[@ruthlys]

We cancel Netflix for 6-12 months, fire it up, binge watch specifics then cancel it again til there is another build up of shows we want.

[@clash1549]

ruthlys that’s actually really smart

[@kaisersosay4238]

Same, I switch between Netflix, Hulu and prime every year. The

[@baylietrout7888]

that is literally what i do

[@yaboibeans]

Another smart idea is sharing accounts with friends! My friends share their Netflix, Prime, Funimation Now, and other various subscriptions, only paying for one service each!

[@murc9733]

Jade Graff or you can just resort to piracy

[@lvly5357]

I have Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and the only thing I tend to watch is KZbin 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@EndritVj]

Same, but I don’t even watch youtube, I just read comments lol

[@alyssajohnson9470]

Wow me

[@ztillusion]

My mother and sister use Netflix, my step father uses prime video and hulu, and I watch KZbin and hulu

[@kriley-asmrjunkjournalcraf3445]

Hahahahah so on point 💀

[@JelaniWood]

Same here! I watch YT probably more than all of the rest of them combined easily.

[@cheddarandsourcream]

I spend more time on Netflix looking through movies and tv shows for half an hour and then ultimately not picking anything cause everything good on Netflix I’ve seen and everything else looks like utter trash

[@bleepbloop7039]

this is like me with pr0n

[@cheddarandsourcream]

Josh Gomez oh I’m with ya there, excellent movies

[@cheddarandsourcream]

Bleep Bloop same, then I just say fuck it and pick a video with a 54 year old woman who’s smoking a dart

[@M101-p8j]

cheddarandsourcream exactly me

[@dairypig]

Ayyyyy that’s what I do

[@janklowicz24]

Remember when streaming was going to be the solution to the evil cable companies? LOL

[@EliWitz]

Jason Todd I think it’s pretty safe to say it was... for a good 5-8 years then all the big guys catch up and they probably without even thinking put in right back to the way it was. Like he said problem with streaming is in its current form it’s not convenient for there to be more than one or maybe two choices because then everything becomes so splintered, what we have now is just digital cable

[@willkimball7677]

@@EliWitz image if like Instagram made a KZbin and “took” different creators over to that platform, no one would watch that version of KZbin

[@MrNeutronApple]

Twitch and Mixer already tried that, see what happened to Mixer

[@farianandadiratama]

ooooh the red hood himself

[@LittleJur]

Actually... If you pause a serie on Amazone Prime, it will tell you which actors are in the specific scene/moment you paused

[@Carelesshilton]

I love prime, just wish they had better stuff

[@hockeyxgamer]

Was about to type this and was like yep

[@3153dee]

I was just about to say that. They also have trivia, quotes, and goofs on the scene/ moment you paused! I love Amazon prime

[@sudonym5356]

So will Google Play Movies

[@melvawages7143]

my prime doesn't

[@bric432]

Honestly it feels nice to hear it’s all going to collapse because everything now feels suffocating

[@sabribeser2268]

There were alot of good netflix movies and shows that ends too fast such as: The glitch İ loved glitch it had a great premise but now shows go for stupid generic shit or attempt the leave the generic premises but fuck it up instead

[@Zeverinsen]

@@sabribeser2268 I'm still angry because Netflix deliberately cancelled Bojack Horseman. I'll never forgive them

[@memelord7643]

@Seinaru Mono tbh even before the finale I already knew it was gonna end in suicide even when season 2 aired I just knew it was gonna end horribly for him

[@Lord_Marquaad]

@@memelord7643 ah spoiler

[@jayvhoncalma3458]

@@Zeverinsen don't Miraculous and Clone wars

[@facuuaf]

In 2010, by spending 15$ you would get 300 shows. In 2020, to get those 300 shows, you would have to spend over 100$

[@RonsaRRR]

In any year you use Torrent and pay nothing

[@luvbug_m]

u weren’t it 2020 yet bro... are u a time traveler?

[@TeodorLojewski]

@@RonsaRRR And the people that make the shows never get funded

[@RonsaRRR]

@@TeodorLojewski And you get free shows.

[@aderyn7600]

Actually when you watch amazon prime and pause it does give you information about the episode and the scene and the music that is playing.

[@khmerchef]

Yep, I was binge watching shows and movies on Prime for a few weeks, that when I switched to Netflix, I paused, expecting to see some movie trivia or cast listing.

[@Kylalovesbabe]

Agreed. Depending on the price I’ll watch something on prime even if it’s on another streaming service. While prime has its problems it’s certainly my favorite

[@megasmileyable]

Was looking for this comment

[@lavalamp9007]

i just realized that a couple days ago!! i dint use prime that often but that had me mindblown

[@xger21]

Hell, you mouse over the player on the PC and it shows the main billed actors for the episode - even the one of guest stars. It's great.

[@PandoraHearchu]

There may be more reasons for piracy being on the rise. Just looking at my country: Netflix still has region locked content, HBO is exclusive to one cable provider and Hulu isn't available at all. All these things probably add to people deciding to pirate instead of going the legal route.

[@glanni]

Why does everybody care if people are IEgAI? Do people really think these companies play by societal rules, ever? Being IawfuI towards these fucks is very *optional* and they don't deserve it, period.

[@sune9578]

@@glanni People "care" because these companies have the power to put a person in jail just because the person hurt their feelings. Think of children, but instead they have power to punish anyone they want, to just about any degree, just because you took their 10 cent toy away.

[@glanni]

@@sune9578 yeah, i understand and agree with your points. But some of the comments here sound as if they were written by lawful good people who like the legal way. Not necessarily OP tho, i just commented here because i like (respectful) discourse. So.. yea But these companies are are fucking oppressive and really need to go down.. I still morally support chaotic good pirates who steal from the big assholes out there, but not from indie producers

[@tomo4977]

I still like to support even big companies simply because I follow a lot of the people who work on these exclusives shows and put a lot of effort and time into it and they're the ones who deserve the money and the longer running time of the show, but I've also pirated too and understand why it happens because the average person doesn't want to mess around with subscriptions and "free" trials that keep on going and often may not have the money for everything. In these cases at least someone is watching it and spreading its popularity when they may have not been able to in the first place. I guess another worry about pirating is well... viruses... pretty easy to avoid when downloading tv shows, generally stick to streaming if you can, avoid .exe files, always use virus total and trusted sources online, but like still with viruses seemingly getting more and more common or at least cleverer and people like me leaping into it without the best knowledge I tend to avoid it now out of fear for messing up.

[@EvadinTaxes]

I’ve noticed that Netflix is not releasing as many shows now and the shows that they do release are mediocre

[@melvawages7143]

yep and they take longer now before they release new seasons

[@JayHood129]

Actually they have great foreign shows. ie. Dark from Germany great show.

[@pedanticseal4725]

3 words...The Dragon Prince. Its made by the same people who made Avatar: The Last Air Bender. Go watch it right now, you wont regret it.

[@iamimana]

@@melvawages7143 i know animation takes time, but season 2 of Big Mouth was released in october 2018. that was 9 months ago. and if it's not released any time in 2019, you know they're being lazy.

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

The Daredevil season 4 that could've been still hurts

[@UNCtarheels71]

Disney executives: “We’re taking our stuff off Netflix and you’re going to have to pay for our new streaming service.” Everybody: *starts watching Disney content on pirated sites* Disney executives: *shocked Pikachu face*

[@dimitrisboulios]

“We're taking our stuff off Netflix...” WHILST ADDING A SHIT TON OF ANIMATED DISNEY AND PIXAR MOVIES.

[@user-fi3or2ee7k]

Surprised Pikachu face*

[@manwithoutmercy]

UNCtarheels71 that’s what I’m doing

[@tornadomimicyclone6707]

Video Stores (the ones that have survived): **laughs in legal convenience**

[@masterzoroark6664]

Yar-har we are pirates of seven sees

[@RichardServello]

Market fragmentation leads to piracy...it always happens. If the choice is piracy or pay $10/month for 1 show...yeah, piracy always wins.

[@RichardServello]

@Zhell that sounds horrible

[@ithildiess9048]

@Zhell That's like old dial-up internet, sounds expensive as fuck. Or exclusive TV shows you bought on TV. I dont know any sane person that payed for that shit. Its ludicrous and expensive.

[@sammyborhap]

Only if you're poor

[@meikvincenco1584]

Market fragmantation? I'd call it competition.

[@Unclejamsarmy]

Meik Vincenco competition can create market fragmentation, as in this case

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

So basically it's going to end up we're actually paying for individual TV channels that we have to completely log into and set up ourselves? Great.

[@Sejikan]

That sounds scary

[@trapsrus5611]

It wont happen

[@um536vids2]

@@trapsrus5611 Agreed. Also the comments bring up a good point. Originally all shows were like this, attempting to crush streaming and drive consumers to platforms where they had a better monitization scheme, except for a few outliers like south-park who took the view that a small amount of extra money from online adds was better than trying to compete with the pirates. Eventually more and more shows had to go cap-in-hand to the streaming services as the audience left for better distribution outlets. If the streaming services insist on trying to re-impose the same model, eventually you will get mega-bundle services. You pay 1 fee and they go out and buy whatever licenses are needed and automatically log you into the right player allowing people to watch whatever they want while paying for the minimum number of "exclusive" Licenses required. They can't beat the internet.

[@shiennohajime1495]

Or piracy exploding. And people starting to riot because of Article 13. The possibilities are endless.

[@TheIndianaGeoff]

You kinda do that on your cable bundle. But I am not subscribing to 10 different $15 buck a month streaming services. Not going to happen. And I'll NEVER subscribe to any network streaming service since I pay monthly on my cable bill for them already.

[@riseofthechickens9837]

Also one thing that majorly grinds my gears about streaming services is region locking. European netflix absolutely sucks and crunchyroll doesn’t have half the shows I want to watch. Hulu doesn’t even exist here. For example, I literally cannot watch bnha/mha legally where I live. At all.

[@BriarBeeBenson]

Omg YES! See I really loved Gravity Falls and Adventure Time and I love Steven Universe. I love the teams that work on these shows but HELL even if I tried my hardest there would be no way for me to watch those shows legally when they first air because the UK INSISTS on sifting through every frame of animation to make sure they don't have to censor anything. It is ridiculous. New episodes are not on netflix, Amazon, google play and the cartoon network app is fucking region locked to ONLY America. The only way I can catch new episodes without being spoiled is waiting for a link to a download to be uploaded to 4chan or reddit an hour after its aired or watch a sketchy livestream so When I go on social media the Americans don't immediately spoil the entire episode. It sucks! The only thing to watch on Netflix is stranger things, black mirror, brooklyn nine nine and the big bang theory! That's it! 4 shows for £8 a month, what a load of shit. Any time there is a film I might want to see I can't find it anywhere and have to pirate it and hope its in at least 720p! I don't want to pirate content but I am getting so sick of Americans getting literally everything whereas in Europe all that good stuff is region locked.

[@sophiajune546]

Could you bypass it with a VPN?

[@Tezunegari]

@@sophiajune546 AFAIK Netflix checks for VPN. At least there was a case in Germany where a local ISP repeatedly suffered false positives and all users of that ISP were banned from Netflix.

[@nesc505]

@@sophiajune546 VPNs are technical illegal since it bypasses sercuritys on the websites

[@emomoir]

Australia’s even worse. We literally have maybe 5 anime titles that aren’t Netflix original and most of them are shit. The only good ones out of those 5 are Tokyo ghoul and death note

[@silasguzman7119]

Imagine if food delivery services did the same thing like Oh yeah I can't order Panda Express cause I have grub hub Oh no I cant get Chipotle that's only on postmates

[@hennessyblues4576]

I wouldn't put it past them.

[@callmeaweeb4169]

Stop

[@ashleysunlihgt]

That's what doordash is doing😂

[@RhysClark97]

@@ashleysunlihgt now imagine...you had the ability, to just get the food from anywhere, but the chioce involved waiting just a little bit longer (like waiting to get rid of adds or for videos to buffer on pirating sites) you would pick that every time the moment your choices got whittled down.

[@Thecoolbigbear]

Aged like fine milk

[@Altorin]

Netflix just feels like a cemetery of amazing cancelled shows.

[@xehanort3623]

Right

[@platinumorange1034]

I told someone it's like Google play 95% of shows aren't worth shit

[@cata112233]

@@platinumorange1034 It's true tho. Still waiting for criterion to roll out in EU. That platforms has actual good movies.

[@muuubiee]

@@platinumorange1034 95% of shows and movies aren't worth shit.

[@thebluemangoes8839]

and also the cancel(er) of netflix's own shows

[@AscendedBeyond]

It's just gonna turn into cable on the internet but way more expensive. We dont have ads to subsidize the cost so we're gonna get drained. This is the endgame.

[@mrana2424]

Makes more sense to pay directly though in my view then to have ads. This gives creators hopefully better creative freedom and less artificial constraints from others who have no real commitment to storytelling (like advertisers.) I prefer the direct pay method.

[@manwithoutmercy]

AscendedBeyond not if you don’t pay for any streaming service. I don’t. Watchserieshd .io Kissanime Animefreak Kiss cartoon 123movies

[@ginakerry2588]

Who says they're aren't ads?? Maybe not Netflix... Yet but Hulu for instance, makes people pay...to watch ads!!!! 🤯

[@mynamehasspacesinit8687]

Nah, cuz only Disney+ has Endgame.

[@theanonymouscommenter976]

@@mrana2424 yeah, it makes more sense but you're still paying up to 300 dollars a month just to watch a handful of shows. That doesn't sound like a good purchase to me.

[@oliviamoore3426]

I’ve been saying this a long time. Piracy will increase because people don’t want to buy 10 different services Edit: oh wow. I didn’t expect to get this many likes. Thank you all 😊

[@ireallyreallyreallylikethisimg]

we've gone full circle again. now telcoms are going to offer bundled streaming packages at a reduced cost.

[@differentlyabledmuslimjewi4475]

same reason I cut cable. Too much fluff, not enough stuff. Netflix used to be the place to find a movie. Its insane because it doesn't offer a lot of really basic films anymore.

[@whitepage8018]

buy? you mean subscribe and pay $10 each month.

[@derklempner]

Netflix: $9/mo. Hulu: $6/mo. HBO Go: $15/mo. Amazon Prime: $10/mo. ($120/yr.) CBS All Access: $6/mo. Total cost: $46/mo. VPN + torrent sites = about $40/yr. Yes, it's a wonder that pirating is so popular.

[@Lejeus]

@@derklempner I've been pirating basically since the internet existed and have never used or needed a VPN (in Canada). For me pirating costs $0. I think VPN is just another marketing gymic for your money :D

[@i_try223]

Netflix has the most generic movies ever

[@blackhatter011]

"Netflix has the most generic movies ever"... generic? You spelled shit wrong.

[@southafricanizationofsociety20]

“Dear White People...” When Netflix went racist I got the F out.

[@NewCreationInChrist896]

YT is fascist. Are we even surprised though? It’s not about black people LoL.

[@NewCreationInChrist896]

I haven’t found a Netflix original movie comedy without homosexual content. It’s as if a movie or series can not be approved by Netflix unless it has homosexual content, diversity hello.

[@RafaelLopez-444]

@@NewCreationInChrist896 Have you checked Spectral? It's Ghostbusters if it was a war movie. I had a blast watching it (and it doesn't have forced politics). I recommend it.

[@dgray7537]

So our options are: -Pay $100/month for everything. -Rotate subscription services. -Batten down the Onion an hoist the vpn me hearties. Yo ho.

[@drgraphix2912]

Hearties*

[@brandonminer1914]

You killed me with this. 'Tis wonderful.

[@siph0r154]

And the point he is making is, that it would not stay at 100$/m either. If that is too much and someone finds a way to make it cheaper. This will happen. Over time the price would drop, like it did with Smartphones, Computers or any other new commodity.

[@dgray7537]

@@siph0r154 If anything they will start a cycle of "service packages" like vrv where you get a lot at first but then things will split off and replaced by new networks that used to be small parts of bigger services and repeat until everything thing is diluted and you are paying double what you were before for access to the same things but 150 streaming services for $186 a month sounds great until you remember it was all on Netflix for $7 a month before the Great Divide.

[@siph0r154]

@@dgray7537 cynical way of looking at things. I am right with you there xD I just stated the argument of free market capitalism. If that argument holds water in practice is a whole other debate :D

[@ajshim]

For me Netflix 2019 has so little to offer. Everything I want to watch has either ended or got pulled out. Unless these shows get a print release, I won't be able to watch them once my funding dries up.

[@jackaroni9475]

I agree. I'm on a friends account so I don't pay, but I feel sorry for those who do. Just a couple months after having it I remember thinking "This kind of sucks..." I only watch the same few shows and movies on it

[@Sevro720]

ajshim my two favorite/nostalgic productions were pulled, Young Justice and Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox. There are other great productions that have been pulled as well.

[@ajshim]

@@Sevro720 I know your pain. I watched Young Justice whenever I could, now I have to get the DC service. Or not since Warner Brothers got bought out by AT&T whose C.E.O. is so cheap that it may not even last that much longer.

[@turtleface314]

@@ajshim I watch a lot of cartoons and anime here: www.thewatchcartoononline.tv/

[@ResilientPie]

What I do is use VPN. When I want to watch a specific movie, I search for a country's Netflix that the movie is available in

[@irishnationalist2566]

People: We like this show Netflix: *Removes show*

[@ZackAttack59]

People: We love this character Game of Thrones: Kills said character it just works

[@ojigbo]

@@Panayiotisole7 Watch it on BBC? Lmao.

[@StephGoKrazy]

Netflix also isn't current with the seasons of shows

[@notaethug3983]

Yeah they're a dumb company

[@RebeDrawsStuff]

@@Panayiotisole7 I feel your pain.

[@gabrielbright6609]

Netflix has no new innovations? How dare you diss my minecraft story mode

[@Tripps_]

Gaberiel is not wrong..

[@user-fi3or2ee7k]

It was so fun....until Magnus won the Boom Battle and became Kim Jong Un. Boom Town just went nuclear!

[@user-fi3or2ee7k]

@Test86 One4 interesting statement. Care to explain? I'd like to know how a company empowers a political side. I get companies affect the economy and then politics but how so the political spectrum?

[@Andrey_27249]

@Test86 One4 based and red pilled

[@07Whaley]

Hate to say it, but... Netflix fucked the ever loving SHIT out of Minecraft Story Mode. There are many things cut out like features, controls and scenes.

[@kelsey.is.offline]

People: "Piracy is bad because it means companies wont make money on the stuff you watch" Me: "Not if I wouldn't watch them otherwise"

[@AdmiralWillisLee1942]

I agree. If netflix added spectacular spiderman, i would watch. But nope. HELLO PIRATING SITE!

[@Richard-ie1if]

its true, if only they would stop being retarded and adopt an open bid strategy over time...clearly i wouldnt mind paying idk .25$ to avoid finding a streaming site that has low quality and freeze.... but 5$ for a 20 year old movie? lol no... not when it should be on netflix for free 5$/mo with everything else theres alot of content owners who are stupid and think their old movies are somehow worth more than what netflix offers

[@martinkunev9911]

I would say people are not entitled to making money on the stuff I watch. Expectation of profit does not give entitlement.

[@offsetstudio5673]

Typical comment a pirate makes to tell themselves to sleep at night. This logic only works on one-off instance but if an individual pirates, surely it would be much easier to do it again. If piracy never existed, you would have no shows on demand to watch and would likely to pay for it in the long run but with piracy? Well there is someone else's money in your pocket, hence the "People"s comment.

[@anbu2]

Ugh, a fallacious argument I thought most pirates had realised and come to terms with back in 2010. You cannot watch a programme whilst simultaneously insisting you had no desire to watch it.

[@sharksgetfreehugs8790]

I remember when the only thing Monopoly would kill is my friendships for a few days because I put so many houses on the blue spots. Now it's killing entire industries.

[@D.Dragon]

The real question is light blue or dark blue?

[@sharksgetfreehugs8790]

@@D.Dragon The real answer is whichever ones killed your friendships quicker

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

@@D.Dragon I see your light vs dark blue and raise you abusing the house limit.

[@fan9775]

I remember when the only thing monopoly would kill was workers...

[@rustingflamberge]

Wym “now” You are acting like it’s a new word, but “Monopoly” is a very common term used to describe things that have been going on for a long time

[@grahamvandyke]

I hate having to check Netflix for something, it's not there, so I have to go pirate it. I cannot justify having 100 subscriptions so I can watch everything I want.

[@loganh123456789]

My grocery store didn't have what I needed so I robbed my neighbors

[@matthewriegner5180]

That was the whole reason streaming became a good replacement for cable TV. It was a cost effective watch what you want on demand and not pay for all the junk filler. If it starts drifting back towards that, which it probably will because companies have shown they can't self regulate themselves, we'll probably shift to pirating more. Companies at some point get big enough and form a collective monopoly without oversight or regulation. They come to friendly terms with each other's existence and then they just bleed customers/consumers. Just look at ISP/cable/phone/cellular providers.

[@Ben10Blader]

@@loganh123456789 Your analogy doesn't work because you don't have to pay to get into grocery stores, so you can buy 99% of your food from one and 1% from another with no extra cost, ignoring slight price differentiations between stores.

[@loganh123456789]

@@Ben10Blader actually some of them you do have to pay to get in there. Sam's club comes to mind. I don't really understand how that invalidates my analogy though.

[@Ben10Blader]

@@loganh123456789 Well I assume you were using the grocery store analogy to tell him that just because you can't find something at option A, that doesn't make it right for Option B to be illegal. In the case of grocery stores, chain or small, there is no reason why if Store A doesn't have the pizza I want I have to settle for mediocre pizza. I can embrace the fact that grocery stores are not a monopoly and go to Store B instead, achieving my goal of getting good pizza and losing nothing except time. This is simply not the case for streaming services, which is why I don't think your analogy works. Sorry for the long comment.

[@africanbella28]

I used to really love Netflix because of its original movies and tv shows and felt that they had quality. But now they always get rid of the good shows and they even have stupid reality shows now😞. It’s basically similar to cable with all the crappy shows and their basically overly producing content to compete with other streaming services. The problem is that it’s too much to choose from and that’s why I prefer Hulu.

[@KundelX]

1:35 'go down to your local bubble tea store' *cries in rural*

[@rewrose2838]

Same~ (it's not 'local' if I've to travel over 3 hours to and from the nearest big enough city)

[@luthorkadamur1255]

*hollers in boonies*

[@grubbu7073]

Hagi yep! Damn popular too. I think it’s cuz the population of weebs/actual Asian people is a lot higher in America than Germany.

[@Dracossaint]

*cries in rural too but over dsl*

[@bogdan4148]

Cries in Pierogi

[@PragmaticCulture]

Hippity hoppity, time to smash monopolies.

[@AscendedBeyond]

the ghosts of Taft and roosevelt approve

[@HUNDmiau]

Hippity hoppity, seize the property

[@PhillyTK]

Disney Enters the Chat: Hippity hoppity, you're now my property.

[@Ayzev]

Seize the -means of production- exclusives

[@lukeohara6047]

Hippoty hippoty, property is theft.

[@MrNutz-lq2ez]

My netflix experience is 90% looking for something to watch and 10% watching reruns cause they take years to update the library....

[@mynasiathedoll2141]

Mr. Nutz yesss to me there’s barely anything to watch to me

[@blackhatter011]

Netflix: where we have thousands of selections, yet only 12 of them at best are any good.

[@laurocoman]

And you already watched half of them.

[@LimeyLassen]

Streaming: Exists Disney: How can I colonize this

[@Aw3someOpZ]

Slap mickies dong over it?

[@Astrothunder_]

DEUS DISNEY

[@samsulh314]

Disney treats other entertainment companies like how America treats 3rd world countries with oil.

[@tabom77]

/)

[@culturezoneculturezone9071]

Practically the shit part of capitalism

[@pickle7499]

Yar har diddley dee, the life of a pirate is the life for me

[@D.Dragon]

Watch want you want, our piracy is free, you are a pirate!

[@Thunder-Sky]

Oy ya landlubber, if ye gonna be a pirate, ye gotta use da original lyrics yar

[@macannathairghrian5257]

oy vey you must give the megacorps more $$$

[@brimcnair]

Ctfu

[@EvilParagon4]

A pirate's life's a life for me, lolololol and a bottle of win. I'll flood all the haters' mouths with pee, lolololol and a bottle of win.

[@Toastcat890]

The fact that soon you'll have to pay for SEVERAL services is sending people back to the digital seven seas.

[@Ziko577]

A lot of folks may as well hook the cable or satellite back up too unless you get your internet from somewhere else which is rare in the USA, as you still need that to watch basic tv. Spectrum's App on a smart tv or app capable device like a Firestick more or less has that base covered though it's not the best and the competitor's are just as bad. There's little point in having these premium channels when everyone pirates their favorite shows nowadays like myself. We don't have HBO anymore as well as Showtime as Spectrum charges way too much for those networks and that's why I'm watching the final few episodes of Game of Thrones on a pirate site. I do this for all my anime too as I don't want to spend money on boxsets and streaming services with poor quality video (talking to you Crunchyroll). You know things are awful when the legal services can't even provide decent quality streams and features that a separate pirate site like KissAnime can do and not be laggy or glitchy. It also helps to have a decent adblocker as these sites are slammed with ads that can cripple a browser these days.

[@KuraIthys]

I'm already paying for 3 services, and still I can't find anything. Oh, don't get me wrong, there's some interesting content on all 3 services, which is why I haven't given up on them yet. But I can pretty much guarantee that a search on two of them (one is a niche service with very specific content) won't turn up ANYTHING I actively search for 90% of the time. I'm contemplating a 3rd service, and seeing if that works out any better, but I'm not holding my breath. Frankly, the country I'm in only has 4 generic streaming services (and also 3 specialty services covering the same niche), so if it's not on any of them, then I don't even know anymore. (and the niche services certainly aren't doing that great of a job either. I'd say 30-40% of all content in that genre isn't on any of those services.) If I can't find the content I want even with 5-6 services it becomes completely pointless and I might as well go back to what I did 10 years ago, and collect DVD's slowly. Much more expensive, but at least I know how to get what I actually want out of it, and not everything BUT what I wanted...

[@withnail-and-i]

Seven seas? For the last 13 years, we've been at BAY with the PIRATES. Despite attempts to destroy it, it's all still there and as good as ever.

[@xlectraheart]

Ziko577 Kissanime has too many pop ups tbh I feel like I'm gonna get a virus whenever I use it

[@Pistolintheface]

@@xlectraheart You can try the avira adblocker....I don't know exactly what it does but it blocks ads on kissanime and you won't get banned. I tried with a lot of adblockers and only this one works.

[@Odisher7]

Amazon gives the name of actors in a scene when you pause. It's not nice to have a misterious character spoiled because you paused the chapter and saw who the actor is, belive me

[@erikfayekarla4542]

-Netflix is doomed KZbin : HBO commercial

[@knrtn439]

same father

[@georgbergsten6050]

Same

[@Levord1980]

Erik Faye Karla 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@WorthlessDeadEnd]

uBlock Origin

[@supokanatm3435]

SAME

[@freaglii2474]

You know what's even worse? Making your streaming service with exclusive shows exclusive to only very few country's. Like funimation for example.

[@EduardoSevero]

Funimation isn't even available here on Brazil lmao

[@mai-aiyaah]

Crunchyroll as well, honestly. I tried to pay for my anime but most of the shows i wanted to watch on their platform weren't even available in my country. It makes me so mad that when i try to pay for what i want to watch, there's ends up being no way to access it unless i resort to illegal websites.

[@Adrot]

@Ace Ventura So, Japan has already anime with English? That line makes no sense for anime if it's not translated for other countries, unless you already know Japanese

[@electricant55]

@@Adrot He's saying you should just pirate it.

[@thelegend8570]

hahahahaha that's funny *crying in switzerland* literally nothing is "available in your country" in switzerland, nothing. you know, now that i think about it... nothing is available in switzerland but.... it's awfully convenient how piracy is legal here...

[@essmene]

So basically we need "Reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing" like we have for patents.

[@jaykingplays]

I would agree, but ummm... You haven't been around the book industry to know about all the times that Patents were very clearly abused. Oh c*ckygate, sweet, sweet c*ckygate

[@alakani]

@@jaykingplays Yeah the patent system worked great for software too

[@satelliteprime]

I've said it for years, you've said it for years. Guess we're both prophets after today.

[@tvboxmimic7887]

How this man got the shows he wanted FOR FREE (streaming services hate him)

[@megy570]

Pirating May Be Better Than You Think...

[@JohnMoseley]

...using this one weird trick.

[@alvallac2171]

*services

[@timothyhaug2060]

TeaTV

[@arjunchatterjee9362]

Number 5 will shock you.

[@abitofpaprika]

The short overall: Why pay to watch maybe 2 shows on each different company's app, (Netflix, Hulu, HBO) when you could just watch ALL of those shows on a website which re-uploads them ALL in one place! ...

[@bobcatman0121]

Amen 😊

[@jlupus8804]

Because they send you viruses?

[@bobcatman0121]

@@jlupus8804 No there don't

[@frodeswareberg3487]

Law abiding citizen

[@mihaimachidon4238]

Ads worst quality and disabelety

[@augustusray3280]

So basically, *_you should pirate exclusives?_*

[@glanni]

Pirates are who i want to see in the world.

[@osmosis453]

Atleast third party exclusives. If I were to use Hulu as an example; pirating Game of Thrones and United States of Tara is fine (especially since prices for add-ons are ridiculous). But not to originals like The Handmaid's Tale or Marvel's Runaways, because without Hulu those might not exist

[@juliamaria3807]

You know what? Just pirate everything. Anime, exclusives, ships...everything. Fuck capitalism.

[@ZerOrbit_]

Agreed. Life is too short.

[@Volvith]

See, people _can_ understand the system. :)

[@brianalvarez6399]

Im just gonna watch KZbin because there is literally the best content for free

[@bellav8081]

Brian Alvarez well it does cost google stealing information about you and selling it to companies

[@Whatisright]

@@bellav8081 Calling it stealing's a big stretch. It's all laid out in the terms of service what they do. They do sell user info, but the real money is in the advertising they get.

[@bellav8081]

Zach yeah it was just a joke so

[@Whatisright]

@@bellav8081 Doesn't read like one, so...?

[@adrianbundy3249]

@@Whatisright Because you always read the fine print, every time, and you agree with all shady business practices, because the bottom line is you would rather have that, and that must mean you also agree with everything else being justified.... /s

[@AlexFehrTheLoneWolf]

2009 Everyone : Streaming is the future 2019 Everyone : when is Blockbuster coming back...

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

Damnit, where is the second "like" button?

[@jonathandpg6115]

People forgot how shitty blockbuster was.

[@GreatMewtwo]

Just when everyone was laughing at Blockbuster, Movie Gallery, West Coast Video and Hollywood Video for still distributing physicals...and that was only in the last 10 years. Even Netflix might be laughing at itself as they don't emphasize mailing physicals like it used to anymore.

[@ForeverFashionGirl21]

Seriously lol Now I buy used DVDs at places

[@pegasusnation]

yay got the 100th like

[@B3Band]

So people moved to streaming services so they can stop paying $100+ for TV networks to get all the shows you want. But now there are so many streaming services that you have to spend $100+ to get all the shows you want. Leave it to the entertainment industry to do whatever it takes to keep the status quo.

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

Welp....I think you said the thing...

[@Zalis116]

Why should that quantity of entertainment be dramatically cheaper just because it's being delivered over different cables or to different devices? Seems like people want everything cable had for a tenth of the price.

[@josephg538]

You don't have to buy all of the shows or services. You can choose to buy every show imaginable just like you can choose to buy all of the nice clothes in a store. Isn't it so sad that they don't have all of the nice clothing you want at ONE store. Look buddy pay for one and move on or pay for none.

[@isoldedawdling2523]

*whispers* get the physical stuff. Buy the DVDs. Buy Blue-Ray.

[@smithjack1741]

It was inevitable

[@joshdalosh9655]

Netflix took away written reviews and star rating making it impossible for me to tell what's worth watching. That's the main reason I canceled my subscription. Second to all that is what you're stating.

[@waxeater112]

Oh shit

[@TheGunmanChannel]

They won't even state the language the movie is in, it's insane!! They'll have Spanish language vids on the top of my recommendations

[@GigawingsVideo]

This is because butthurt movie makers can't take criticism and want their "safe space"

[@Anazble]

I hate that too. Total d*ck-move. They took it away because otherwise they can't push the Netflix-produced movies which sucks so much and will certainly get low star rating. Just make better movies man!

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@Anazble I'm pretty sure it was in response to Amy Schumer making a really bad movie and it got so much hate but they wanted to hide it.

[@uytaahkoollao3622]

I mean music streaming got it right with itunes/spotify, they share all the music on both platforms. I mean i dont know all the details but it seems to be working (apart from ripping off the creators) movie streaming services should take note

[@Felixr2]

They don't share all the music on both platforms. Exclusives are a thing. There's even artists who have both iTunes exclusives *and* Spotify exclusives. There's just not as many so it's generally not an issue.

[@NateROCKS112]

iTunes has DRM on their songs to lock people into having to use Apple's software. Otherwise, I'd agree with you, to some extent. Edit: I assumed this was the case, but it is, in fact, false.

[@OverseerCave]

@@NateROCKS112 ...they haven't had that since 2009 unless you're talking about streaming service music, then DRM is something to expect from all streaming services

[@NateROCKS112]

@@OverseerCave ah yeah, you're right. I don't really use iTunes, so I wasn't really in the loop. I just assumed they had DRM, which was a mistake.

[@catcactus1234]

They do have exclusives, but it doesn’t affect the consumers as much as movie/show exclusives. Typically artists come out with multiple songs or albums in a year, so if one or two songs are exclusive to a platform, it’s no biggie- you can just listen to the artist’s other songs until the exclusivity expires. Or you can just hop on KZbin and legally listen to the audio/music video upload as long as you have internet. Movies and TV shows typically run for years and aren’t uploaded anywhere besides their locked down streaming service. The creators don’t make any other shows while they’re working on the product either. Consumers are either forced to pay the streaming service fee or pirate it if they want to watch it. There’s no middle man options like there exist for music streaming.

[@mohawkade]

"Everyone knows Australia doesn't exist" Map on screen doesn't have Antarctica

[@murderouskitten2577]

australia , antarctica - they are the same :D

[@RabbitsInBlack]

Antartica is just the wall of ice holding in the water. We are flat as a pancake. Delicious.

[@thatsoundslikeheresytomeyo4960]

HERSEY, ARREST THEM!

[@brynnyoder5433]

What’s an Antartica?

[@vinicius_nunes]

@@brynnyoder5433 It's just a beer lmaooo imgur.com/2II9VIS

[@egonzalez4294]

You forget country locking. I gave up netflix also for that, can't watch shit when everything is region locked.

[@Pollicina_db]

There is an option to switch to the American Netflix. I have it, but I didn't do the switch so I can't really tell you how to do it.

[@alansilvero]

I did not know about that, it reminds me of my first time trying crunchyroll like i get that you can bypass that with a vpn but in that case why even bother paying for a service that does not even let you watch things in your country

[@radozvan]

@a n u k i v it actually stops playback if it detects that you're using a VPN... I've tried

[@zapharian6114]

@@radozvan free VPN won't let you watch it. Get a monthly VPN subscription for like 3 euro per month .

[@matthalo1224]

Paola J. How do you switch? I have a Philippine Netflix and there is no way I can switch and it’s vastly different..... there are soooooo many shows missing and replaced with pretty bad Indian movies

[@ryanmitcham5522]

Sadly the corporations involved will continue to see piracy as the problem, not the symptom.

[@moritz3168]

Nah they aint retarded

[@Joakim1400]

@@moritz3168 But they are GREEDY

[@vixxcelacea2778]

This. Piracy is also not stealing. The people who pirate often wouldn't of paid anyway, so it's not a loss of profit because these people would often just forgoe the data all together. It's also not stealing something physical, piracy is not a good term for it and it demonizes something that isn't in the same realm. Intellectual property isn't the same thing as just waltzing into a store and taking whatever and the company going "Oh no!" but unable to do anything. If someone is paying for a service, you damn well make sure that service is actually given as advertised in the payment contract. A lot of the cases when it comes to accessing copyable properties when dealing with data suck. KZbin is actually a good example. My computer runs better and is free of viruses because I use ad-block. The same goes for paid services, often the people using them get shafted and it's not like they always get a free month during the time their services were less than stellar. You need to beat free by making sure you have a really good service for a price and that if the service is ever compromised, expect to have to reimburse for the time in which that service should be been up.

[@Ramiromasters]

@@vixxcelacea2778 If people came together, work on a project, produced something of value to others expecting to be compensated so they can pay for their living, and someone else comes grabs it and give it away for free, that person is a thief. People taking the product may have never purchased it, but this would only add to the exclusivity of it and in no way exonerates the perpetrator. However, there should be a time limit for ideas to hold privately that doesn't have so many loopholes.

[@SamuelGrguric]

@@moritz3168 i came to find someone making this stupid comment and reply with this. Well said m'man

[@Doughboy842]

Looks like ya called it a year ago. The Cuties debacle is costing them $9 Billion.

[@alucardtepes8402]

Not really. This video was about Intellectual Property and competition, not licensing soft core CP.

[@yusurkassem4174]

I would actually buy a streaming service if all the shows I wanted to watch were on one of them

[@aderyn7600]

Legit pay 50 bucks a months if everything was on one thing. Heck I'd pay 100

[@AdmiralWillisLee1942]

Yes

[@ahouyearno]

yeah as good series are removed from netflix, I'm increasingly inclined to cancel it.

[@ILikeMyPrivacytbt]

Same here. Like the guy said things are getting to be like cable TV, if cable TV charged you $10 a channel.

[@user-md3is4dq2d]

As if that could ever exist

[@WanderKrew]

Once GOT ends literally no one will purchase HBO Go

[@FinlayDaG33k]

They'll probably just start making spinoffs

[@RealHankShill]

Correction. Once people saw episode 3, no one will purchase HBO Go.

[@iceman888869]

They have like five spin offs planned. Three are already being worked on.

[@cypress1337]

I hope they sell it to Netflix ;)

[@pedrooo873]

HBO had 100 million+ active accounts before airing GoT. You tried.

[@RealCheemsJr.]

The whole system is going to circle back and become like cable TV again, your going to be buying a "Cable package of live streaming channels". Every fuckwad is going to be licensing everything they own and then sell it to us at piecemeal. The consumer has lost again.

[@realmart3451]

People: We WaNt OuR MoNeY BaCk! Me: Laughs in pirate

[@rowan-priince1860]

“Basically cable TV” You would not BELIEVE the visceral reaction I had to this statement. I swear to god I hate this

[@isa382]

i have nightmares about streaming services turning into the new cable tv.

[@astrithaurelia]

@@isa382 yeah, that's a scary thought.

[@Tigranis]

@@isa382 "Turning into"? With these exclusivity deals, it already is cable TV on the Internet.

[@u.martin6917]

You can always pirate, I did it a lot a teen and stopped once I got out of college but damn have I not been doing it lately with some stuff.

[@MannyFresh1x]

@@isa382 Hulu is basically that.. Well unless you pay more for no ads which is bullshit.

[@RJB-V]

I'm "gonna get" Disney plus for the Mandalorian and The Clone Wars S7, and by "gonna get" I mean Im going to break the law.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

To quote Crowley: do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

[@spinningninja2]

You’re gonna break the law Disney plus for those shows?

[@PauLtus_B]

I actually feel sorry for all the kids who might be into the Star Wars TV shows and now won't be able to watch the next thing because their parents don't want to put up with the shit Disney is pulling off.

[@tamo3813]

They can just join some pirate crews

[@Spr33h0x]

I'm gonna get it, i really want all the star wars and marvel and pixar movies and tv shows and new tv shows and movies

[@MichaelHV]

I love the fact that piracy is basically a community-driven 'streaming' service.

[@erigor11]

Which is the superior system.

[@MichaelHV]

@@erigor11 Sodaplayer is a great option if you don't want to download but 'stream' content.

[@diabolus9466]

@Oh yeah yeah No

[@erigor11]

@nate Quite naive.

[@alexandercanella4479]

@@erigor11 not really. If most people pirated, it would collapse.

[@aidand.7911]

Uniquenameosaurus: Netflix is doomed Coronavirus: Oh I don't thinkso

[@tarnyowl6068]

Just wait when everyone’s dead and society collapses Netflix won’t have enough new shows to keep what’s left of its subscribers.

[@jaytb5815]

Cuties: **Uno Reverse Card**

[@ryanwelch1272]

*Insert potshot at Epic Games Store*

[@therealstanyz]

Was looking for this. FUCK EGS

[@mr_biscuit]

@@therealstanyz Watching the whole thing thinking of this. EGS is just buying exclusives, not competing with features.

[@maeve0301]

@@mr_biscuit That is also the case with consoles. Consoles would be dead if it wasn't for exclusives.

[@tsioulak]

The point is that people that embraced piracy because they wanted to get away from cable companies, then embraced netflix because it served roughly the same purpose while also being more convient, now that the streaming services are becoming more and more like cable it's only natural for people to return to piracy.

[@davidsalterego4481]

tsioulak and because it’s free

[@hendryanw]

Yes, I stopped watching on 6th minutes because he is just repeating himself.

[@PerihelionAlliance]

I wonder if something happened between 1939 and 1945 that decreased the number of films produced. Ah yes, the antitrust laws.

[@kjhalesnc]

Effects of the great depression ,,, World War 2 ,,, ETC.

[@Gambit771]

Seeing as that chart was for Hollywood it is more accurate to say between 1942 and 1945.

[@172rkgk]

LMFAOOOO

[@twotimetony78]

@@kjhalesnc r/wh......

[@HAWXLEADER]

So less garbage movies....

[@apalala4166]

The worst part is that they raise the prices while removing content. I now pay 24 bucks a year more while no longer being able to watch series like Firefly.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Netflix doesn't offer exclusive "Offbrand Anime". Therefore it's bound to collapse.

[@jeremiahvaleska8464]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache WHY DO I SEE YOU EVERYWHEEEEEEEEEERE

[@andrewhantzes9504]

@@jeremiahvaleska8464 discount Justin Y

[@whaleping]

Andrew Hantzes he was around before Justin.

[@dopan5819]

@@andrewhantzes9504 moustache guy was the first one did this whole "appearing everywhere". also at least he watches videos whereas some of justin's comments are obviously ones where he didn't see the video.

[@TheRagnus]

Not to mention Kissanime still exists somehow.

[@RebSike]

any movie rental store: "no worries, we have literally every piece of entertainment from the last 60 years" streaming services: "uuuh, we got fuckinn uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... stranger things and uh futur- uh, nevermind we lost that one"

[@kondenkor]

Ever movie rental " you want to watch a movie everyday well then better pay 90 bucks and come to us everyday" Streaming service "pay 4 dollars per month if you need something specific you can still rent that thing"

[@thebaldconvict]

@@kondenkor It is rapidly becoming not something specific though and more, "pay us $10 a month, pay them $10 a month and also pay that dude over there $10 a month, if you need something specific you can still rent that thing from elsewhere"

[@ForeverFashionGirl21]

This is why ironicly I am buying DVDs again lol not at a super rapid rate but I am because I want to watch them on a TV at home without pirating them although I still pirate shows sometimes.

[@megasoniczxx]

@@kondenkor Where the heck were you going where you had to spend 90 bucks? It only cost about $7 to rent anything from blockbuster.

[@army1714]

@@megasoniczxx one movie a night at $7/night is $210/month

[@richardnelson26]

Amazon prime actually does tell you which actors are on screen and what music is playing when you press pause.

[@isodoublet]

Yeah I hate it, sometimes I just want to pause to look at something more closely, but bam, there goes times fucking square on my TV screen.

[@popopirat9726]

@@isodoublet did you not update the app? They changed it so that you have to turn it on to see it.

[@luiseatoll6368]

Looking at how Netflix looks right now I'd say this video was prophetic of what's to come. Netflix just lost 17 billion mainly due to the rise of other streaming services. Let the sharks eat themselves. We're on a boat sailing the high seas~!

[@shekhartyagi5690]

As a consumer we could give a shit these companies are getting what they deserve. So fucking greedy that good content suffers.

[@osmosis453]

You Should Pirate Anime 2.5

[@obedm503]

the recap episode

[@luffydexter9705]

cruch roll dos,t have one piece where i live

[@obedm503]

Watched it. It's actually more like fmab's recap episode. The only good one

[@Flip_91FTW]

Remastered.

[@killersberg1]

@@luffydexter9705 In germany they almost have nothing, relatively speaking.

[@adamgtrap]

I've actually been buying more DVD's and Blurays lately because some shows/movies I like have been taken off streaming platforms I use. That site with the funny old ship helps a little too.

[@Tethloach1]

@@PhilfreezeCH Back in like 2010 I played pirated pokemon and then nintendo found out so i could no longer play it after, they found out like in one day as soon as it was up it was down, it was fun while it lasted for that day. I have just avoided pirated stuff for the most par because not worth the effort really. Having access to all that content felt like a gift and the service had a free pirate option and paid pirate option, the free was good until content was removed.

[@thecollector4332]

adamgtrap Same in my case. I’ve bought the avengers emh series, adventure time and others.

[@theamazingprobst4475]

I sold my entire Always Sunny DVD collection 3 weeks before they moved to Hulu. Never again

[@electricant55]

A single series like GoT costs more than a year of Netflix though

[@Bajolzas]

@@Tethloach1 you pirated pokemon and nintendo found out? the hell are you talking about? if you mean you pirated the game before it was officially released you were just dumb; other than that, I dont see how nintendo can find out, and in most cases even do something about it

[@lpm67]

We are leaving Netflix as we are sick of not getting all the content Netflix USA gets...,ripoff

[@miintyfresj4699]

Netflix Canada has shit all on it. Remember the good ol` days when you could jump borders with a VPN??

[@shiveringlights377]

Netflix Germany is also a pile of trash. So many stupid shows and the good ones aren't available over here

[@user-js7kb5fe7v]

@@shiveringlights377 so true! here in germany we have like 2 good shows and they are netflix originals.

[@mia1310]

mylittlefriend. I ‘lived’ in Seoul for 6 months and I wanted to watch western shows, so I had to use Netflix. There was nothing that I hadn’t watched or couldn’t on my western k-drama apps- oh right, they only work in US and Canada, so I just watched regular TV since I didn’t want to risk piracy in a foreign country and I didn’t want to buy a new subscription.

[@Damon242]

Lilly that’s because of licensing, not Netflix - and you get access to films in your library that the US doesn’t, and you get access to all of the Netflix originals regardless of which region you’re in (and if it really bothers you, a VPN will make your Netflix account switch to USA and so you can access the library that way)

[@sta5011]

And this is the reason why Piracy will rise again heed my words

[@theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149]

Your channel is growing more recently. You totally deserve it.

[@NitroNinja324]

Friendly heads up: check your spelling. Don't want someone else to call you out on it.

[@mynameisconnorimtheandroid6080]

Holy shit I just noticed it

[@noxtrin3315]

OH GOOD LORD ALL HAIL LORD SPEEDWAGON

[@edsantosIsMusic]

fuck off

[@TheTruestPiano]

SPEEDWAGON IS GOD

[@alamedvav]

Yea, I didn't switch to anyone... I just cancelled Netflix.

[@JerryDechant]

me too.

[@WDEMMEL]

smart. very smart.

[@cypherusuh]

its basically the Epic Games of streaming industry edit: mb he actually talks about epic games now this is #EpicGamerMoment

[@iMightyElephant]

well, this aged well

[@classonbread5757]

Why what happened

[@Nonexistentbystanderhere]

@@classonbread5757 it happened exactly as he said

[@cyberninjazero5659]

People abhorred Cable Packages I remember that even the shows themselves complained about it. That's what made the rise of Netflix so appealing

[@slovakthrowback3738]

People abhore Streaming service Exclusives. That's what made the rise of piracy so appealing

[@javierquinterosurzua2767]

Showing this video to the people on my company. We analyse the sustainability of companies/markets/services, and while I'm on the Basic Resources team (miningm chemicals and forest companies), I'm pretty sure this is relevant for the Telecomunications, Marketing and Technology team.

[@kliersheed]

yeah spread it :D maybe smth changes

[@agustusdubyah5011]

The Tech company that I work for recently discontinued an exclusivity to open our portfolio and change the way we do things.

[@anon-ud9mq]

oh fuck yeah, spread it

[@syzyphyz]

How does that company make money?

[@osmosis453]

Yes! Keep fighting the good fight

[@fijnman3813]

Streaming Industry Collapses! *VPN Industry sees amazing growth of client registrations.*

[@as7river]

To this day, I haven't found one VPN that works with Netflix. I live in Mexico. NordVPN, PIA, TunnelBear, nothing works here.

[@beatrizhauch9128]

I’m in Brazil.I tried 27 different VPNs and none of them worked on Netflix, they always make me deactivate it for the app to work

[@DesertDog]

@@as7river Express VPN works

[@guiilty5924]

I just hate how Netflix makes a season with 12 episodes release it all on one day then wait another 365 days to do another season. Be nice to do maybe 6-7 episodes every 4-5 months to keep us around more. Try and add more movies that recently were in theaters. I know they do but be nice to get more

[@leonardo9259]

JOJO PART 6

[@calvinking1663]

Troo Dat.

[@theblackswordsman9951]

Really glad you brought up the Epic stores exclusives licensing. When I heard about it I actually thought about your previous videos and realised the same thing was happening in the games industry.

[@ericnick4498]

Competition doesn't work.

[@zema9401]

@@ericnick4498 Competition works fine.

[@graysaltine6035]

@@ericnick4498 Care to elaborate on such an open-ended, unsubstantiated bullshit statement?

[@graysaltine6035]

@Mathieu Levert Blizzard is a slightly different story.... Battle.net has existed since before Steam. If you played Starcraft 1 or Diablo 2 online, then you had a Battle.net account. I still have the same one I had 19 years ago. If the games were on Steam you would still need a B-net account to play them, which mutes a good part of the argument. Secondly, Blizzard was such an absolute monster of the gaming industry back when Steam was created that they were perhaps the only game _developer_ (not solely publisher) that didn't need Steam as a platform in any way - and that's fine. If your games are your own IP and of such high quality and acclaim from both consumers and critics then there is probably no reason to advertise them on a platform that is going to take *ANY* cut from your sales (small or big). Thirdly, despite their credibility entering free-fall since they were bought by Activision, Battle.net still offers some pretty considerable after-sales service and user-features that even Steam doesn't offer simply because they don't have that kind of control over the games. Blizzard owns the games they sell on Battle.net which allows them to maintain a better after-sales structure that does not include a middle-man. Lastly, World of Warcraft. When you've been effectively printing money for the last 15-odd years, you can do whatever the fuck you want, I guess. That might end soon, though (who am I kidding).

[@graysaltine6035]

@Mathieu Levert Like I said, all Blizzard games run on Blizzard servers using b-net accounts. If there was no launcher you would have to log-in either in a browser or in-game to do all the things you can do by simply running the Bnet launcher. The Bnet website and account management tools have existed since well before their launcher. I have lost all respect for Blizzard as far as their integrity in game-design goes but that is irrelevant and I was simply pointing out how we got to here where they use their own launcher and sales platform. There are so many things you would need to log into b-net for that _not_ having a launcher actually doesn't make sense in their case. I don't know why you mention that Bliz and Activision were "merged" rather than bought-out, it's pedantic and doesn't seem to relate to the issue. Seems like you were trying to discredit what I was saying with semantics, but OK. The only reason I hate EGS and will not buy from them is because Tim Sweeney is a cunt. I don't need another reason. I buy from GoG and don't have an issue downloading self-published games from websites (like MtG: Arena, for instance). Hate Steam all you like, I'm not offended in the slightest. Have a nice day. EDIT: In 2000, Activision was a joke. Ubisoft were feeling good about Rayman. EA sold sports games. If you cannot comprehend the magnitude of people that were playing D2: Lord of Destruction and Starcraft: Broodwar then you truly must have been too young to remember. As of today, 3 of the top-10-selling PC games of all time are Blizzard games. In 2000, other than The Sims, SimCity, Myst and Half-Life, Blizzard games fill the Top 10 of PC games sold. The scene was quite different from what it is today. EDIT EDIT: For what it's worth - as you will probably bring it up anyway - The Sims was published by EA. Still doesn't exactly disprove my point.

[@0d138]

"You will all remember this as the age when you almost destroyed The Pirate Bay"

[@TrueBolt18]

I thought it got shut down

[@joelthomas6517]

@@TrueBolt18 Nah, it's still running.

[@nickburge3515]

They shut down kat☹😢😭

[@nickburge3515]

No I lied .am

[@cabrondemente1]

That's *captain* The Pirate Bay to you.

[@thiyaradesilva26]

You know what else is wrong with Netflix? The turning all childhood cartoons into dark, really questionable, usually problematic and all round inaccurate adaptations! Someone stop them! Please??

[@CrazyCrits]

"Australia doesn't exist" It's true I've been there.

[@jakehansen3418]

I've been saying for years just look uo their history fucking prison island?? Emu wars lost?? It's all make believe bro.

[@islandclub69420]

Its tru ..we dont exist..please dont try to find us or come hear..stay away

[@jakehansen3418]

@@islandclub69420 you know I was dying to come to the land thats rumored to be 90% inhospitable desert and hold the majority of the worlds venomous animals with emus that won a goddam war who knows how brazen that made them lol.

[@adamknight5089]

@@jakehansen3418 Lol our animals are so badass we start wars with them, and, the animals win too

[@mqmohammed]

It’s just fucking Kangaroos 🦘 in Australia

[@thecampfire4877]

I pirate...and I own a Hulu & Netflix subscription. I pirate stuff that's provided on those services. I didn't think about it, I didn't wonder why. But now I know, my subconscious was sick of their shit.

[@Philmccracken790]

if you're subscribed pirating isn't really doing anything to hurt them lol just unsub

[@iluminumfalcon8619]

You can keep that it's not really Pirateing as long as your not saleing or making money from them.

[@rchhun215]

@@iluminumfalcon8619 you are still pirating from the studios who produce the show. You may not hurt the streaming service but you hurt the studio

[@jessem3143]

I have netflix and amazon and the other day I was streaming a show from my android box (not through either account) and my wife asked why I wasn't watching it through netflix. My reply was I want to watch this show and didn't know if it was available on either streaming network but I know I can stream it through here. Why waste time loading and searching multiple apps when one app can definitely provide what you want?

[@mlgcactus1035]

I only pirate stuff that isn't on Netflix Cof cof got cof

[@professoroak1920]

netflix got rid of like 70% of the shows I signed up for. I'm not even sure why I still have a subscription at this point.

[@ladouceurmatt]

Professor Oak they didn’t get rid of it. They just lost the rights.

[@onespiker]

All the rights are temporary

[@ChainedFei]

Stranger things. The Dragon Prince. That spinoff of Trollhunters. Disenchanted.

[@superfightingrobotmkx7776]

Kaoru Shimitsu Bojack Horseman

[@SuperCoalBlox]

Bill Cipher that’s going to Disney+ now

[@rachelm9046]

I feel like this is a super vital video. Could you turn on the "add subtitles" button so I can add official English captions so that it get picks up by youtube even more than it has? Also this way, people can add translations for the video in different languages.

[@rachelm9046]

Subtitles submitted! Just approve them, and this video will be accessible to a lot more people.

[@NG-hv1mf]

I love your spirit and dedication, more ppl should really see this for what it is

[@notkimpine]

have a challenge for you: TAKE A SIP OF BEER,WATCH STUPID SHIT ON NETFLIX,TURN OFF YOUR SUBTITLES,GET YOUR HEADPHONES ON WHETER YOU'RE A PC AND EXPERIENCE THE AUDIBLE DIALOGUE BECAUSE YOU HATE SUBTITLES

[@Uniquenameosaurus]

Gunna add some additions as people bring them up 1. As it turns out Amazon actually has an actor scanning feature called XRay, so put 1 innovation point up on the list for Amazon video I guess. 2. Seems a lot of people don't believe IP's are monopolies: A monopoly means to have exclusive control of the supply of a product or service, this is exactly what IP does. I get that a lot of people think some shows are equivalent to other shows or you can group it all as "entertainment" but as long as there is one supplier its a monopoly. Even on things you don't think there is a demand for or that people buy alternatives for. Like Apples logo is still a monopoly on that logo cause its the only supplier, majority of people don't consider the logo when they buy a phone but its still a monopoly. Just one with no demand. And if you don't believe me, there's even an official term for it, its called a "statutory monopoly" and you can google that OR you can find US courts referring to copyright as such as the Betamax case www.copyright.gov/docs/regstat072204.html "[t]he staple article of commerce doctrine must strike a balance between a copyright holder's legitimate demand for effective - not merely symbolic - protection of the statutory monopoly, and the rights of others freely to engage in substantially unrelated areas of commerce." Also the Australian government website for IP literally refers to patents as a monopoly www.ipaustralia.gov.au/patents/understanding-patents/patent-basics Here's famed Economist Milton Friedman referring to a TV license as a monopoly at 1:58 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpWvc62ce6x5h7c

[@srzapata99]

Hmmm why not change services each month and pay for the shows you like?

[@TheMikirog]

@@srzapata99 That would still follow the "then there's no competition" argument. You still buy everything, you don't switch.

[@TheRealSamPreece]

great so now it's only -4467743556 points

[@Member_zero]

Here is my opinion about piracy, and why I think it will never go away - this is just my opinion and I warn you - it's a long post. 1. I don't think piracy is a form of boycot. It's natural response to market which is not functioning as intended. It's a form of black market and has been here long before internet - I know I have been taping shows and movies on VHS tapes when I was a kid. Also audio cassetts. 2. Content is "gated". The more gating, the more piracy. Cost (or the money you have to pay) is a form of soft gating - exclusive rights, censorship and area availability are a form of more hard gating (even tho it can still be avoided in some scenarios with things like VPN's). Netflix in my country is different than Netflix in Germany and again different than Netflix in US. 3. There are "holes" in the service - certain shows or movies are simply unavailable in any or most forms (mostly older and more obscure ones). 4. The way the pricing is done feels forced and unnatural. Realisticaly the cost of just viewing a show or movie is very very low. Few cents per episode per person maybe (if even that!). It's te cost of copying and distribution that is high. Let me explain what I mean : If I buy subscription to Netflix I pay 8€ (for my country) per month. With that 8€ I have for the entire month bought the rights to wiev ALL shows and movies on the platform. I have also the bought the right to show all of these shows on my personal devices (TV) to unlimited number of people (I can invite whole neighbourhood to watch my TV in theory ). I also can watch all of these shows and movies unlimited ammounts of times for each show. Aditionaly I am paying for the cost of servers and programmers who run the site or service (Netflix in this case). When the cost of just one show is concerned the money still divides between actual producers and all others (distributers. managers, investors etc.). And all of that is in that 8€. When people actualy watch the damn thing I suspect they don't care about any of this (atleast most of them). End of the day they just want to see an episode of one show they watch. So 99% of these service they purchased they won't get any use out of. It's like buying 100 litters of milk and only drinking one and discarding the rest. But you must because that is the only package the store provides.

[@jaqvvv]

@@Member_zero Nice, but if it's a 'natural response' surely that response is in the form of a boycott, as they consumer no longer needs to go to the shop for milk, they just go find some random cow. Idk, you seem to make good points but it still seems like a more natural form of boycotting I suppose, maybe a casual boycott?

[@Cykk0]

So piracy beats TV cause shows werent limited to channels that ran on a limited time schedule when streamed online. Streaming services dissuaded piracy cause everything became accessible in one convenient hub. Now streaming services have become paid TV channels without a time schedule, so ppl return to piracy. sounds about right.

[@FeedMeSalt]

Netflix is garbage. I watched everything of interest in two months. Now the cost has tripled and the content has dwindled.

[@GAMBANJUJJJ]

bruh that rhymes

[@FeedMeSalt]

@@GAMBANJUJJJ It does, that's neat. I didnt notice.

[@FeedMeSalt]

@Alex Meggoe I actually forgot to watch season 2, thanks man. It's fucking amazing.

[@whiskeylamb4324]

Shame the blockbusters have gone near extinct

[@FeedMeSalt]

@@whiskeylamb4324 mhm

[@FinoClips]

Watching this today, the day Netflix stocks finally collapsed