No, because the market has become so fragmented, no streaming services are profitable, so there’s no show on one that will ever last. Average shows last on TV channels because of ads. A medium performing TV show can last forever on TV with ads. A medium performing TV show on a streaming service gets canceled after a couple seasons to transition resources to a new show. They’re looking for that next big flashy thing to draw subscriptions.
In the current broken system, the only options are to continually churn shows, or push ads on streaming services. Both are happening.
So, if you pirate a TV show today, you aren’t killing it, and you aren’t part of the problem. Paying for the service won’t keep the show around, and not paying for it won’t kill it either. The show is already dead, you’re just not forking over your hard earned cash for a bite at its dead corpse.
@pachrist@Son_of_dad Netflix is profitable, very profitable right now. Disney + would already have been profitable if the previous CEO hadn’t overcommitted to extra program spending. Cable used to lose money for over a decade until it became a cash cow. The issue right now is that people are between the two bad choices a cable bundle or a fragmented OTT choice that becomes expensive once. Eventually I predict you will get a new ad supported non linear streaming bundles.
No, because the market has become so fragmented, no streaming services are profitable, so there’s no show on one that will ever last. Average shows last on TV channels because of ads. A medium performing TV show can last forever on TV with ads. A medium performing TV show on a streaming service gets canceled after a couple seasons to transition resources to a new show. They’re looking for that next big flashy thing to draw subscriptions.
In the current broken system, the only options are to continually churn shows, or push ads on streaming services. Both are happening.
So, if you pirate a TV show today, you aren’t killing it, and you aren’t part of the problem. Paying for the service won’t keep the show around, and not paying for it won’t kill it either. The show is already dead, you’re just not forking over your hard earned cash for a bite at its dead corpse.
@pachrist @Son_of_dad Netflix is profitable, very profitable right now. Disney + would already have been profitable if the previous CEO hadn’t overcommitted to extra program spending. Cable used to lose money for over a decade until it became a cash cow. The issue right now is that people are between the two bad choices a cable bundle or a fragmented OTT choice that becomes expensive once. Eventually I predict you will get a new ad supported non linear streaming bundles.