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[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago

"Streaming is dead" say the people who killed it.

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 42 points 1 year ago

Streaming is dead

I guess this means it doesn't create the income they want?

[-] itsathursday@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meanwhile $NFLX at all time high currently.

No idea where that valuation is coming from but I guess they are winning the streaming wars.

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

Well, netflix has a variety of stuff. I don't know why anyone thinks that people would be fine with watching nothing but Disney.

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Have you ever met a Disney fanatic? I've been in a relationship with one. I haven't been in a relationship with one in almost 20 years. I learned my lesson.

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but Disney fanatics are a minority. Sure they'll buy stuff and they'll get the streaming too but there aren't enough of them alone to make streaming profitable enough for Disney.

[-] scytale@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

While netflix does quantity over quality, it does give you a lot more stuff to watch without additional charge compared to brand-limited services like Disney and Apple, so more people still gravitate to them.

[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

It means they know they can't beat Netflix, and that the streaming monopoly is out of reach for everybody else. Without that monopoly, they can't raise prices to the points they want.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 29 points 1 year ago

Streaming is dead? What, are we back to laserdisc and nobody told me?

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

There's leveling viewer rates and an increase in torrents so yeah, it is sorta dying because no one likes playing 90 dollars for 7 subscriptions that still don't get you every show you want to watch.

[-] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 1 points 1 year ago

Plus having to pay more to miss ads! I'm already paying them ffs

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

What they mean is not that people aren't streaming. Its that the profit margins in streaming are reaching a plateau so investors can't profit nearly as much or as easily.

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I'm actually considering buying shows on Blu-ray and then ripping them into my media server. But Blu-rays are super expensive compared to paying for streaming for s few months, and I never know if I'll actually watch something completely before I even start.

[-] Spider89@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

You can go to your local thrift store and get DVD Videos and Blu-rays.

I get all my blank media from there.

[-] Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Your local library may also have a collection of movies and shows available for checkout. CDs too

[-] boaratio@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I don't think I own a single device that can play optical discs.

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I keep a dvd burner in my closet next to the USB floppy drive. Haven't used either in at least 5 years

[-] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 year ago

Me neither.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Does this mean subscriber numbers are not what the Mouse expected to be?

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

The "Canada Effect".

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