Like really. Now I’m going to say that playing games, listening to music, watching shows/movies and even reading books is a bit of a luxury. It’s a quality of life thing. But that doesn’t always mean that each of those mediums have to be charged so damn much to even enjoy. Much less, the quality that gets shoveled out anyways with what we’ve seen.
What pisses me off the most with the entertainment industry, is how they expect you to buy the same things whether it’s a different format or on a platform multiple times. Furthermore, they willingly take away shows, movies .etc on a reguar cyclic basis on streaming platforms.
When AnimeSuge went down, I felt a little lost and for once actually considered subscribing to Crunchyroll because AnimeSuge had the 1997 Berserk on there. Guess what? Crunchyroll and no where else had it. So much for the legal alternative, huh? By the way, yes I know of alternative sources so please don’t recommend me those thanks.
And this is the thing with this fucking industry as a whole. They honestly have this mentality where if something is not available then it’s “too bad, fuck you” or if something is broken or not working then it’s just “BUY ANOTHER AT FULL PRICE!” because they look down at people making backups of their copies.
It’s like, leave us the fuck alone. If something is not available anymore with absolutely no assured plans to bring it back for re-release and to be available on even streaming platform which leaves us to pirate - let it fucking be. What, are you going to make a shitstorm for people who buy movies and shows while thrifting? Surprised these fuckers haven’t gotten to that process yet because of how god damn greedy they are.
People don’t. They’re in massive debt.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/496050/riaa_thinks_limewire_owes_75_trillion_in_damages.html
In 2011 the RIAA sued Limewire for more money than existed on the entire planet.
They know, they don’t care.
That’s not entirely accurate. Yes, it was more than the GDP of the entire planet at the time, but that’s not the value of the entire planet. Unless they meant the amount of physical currency that existed, in which case the amount was considerably less than the 62T that the article cites, since most money is never physical.
It’s still patently ridiculous though.
Money, not value. It seems to be mainly anecdotal.
Insert Arrested Development banana meme here
simple, shareholders want infinite GROWTH 📈
They know we can’t. They need to tell their shareholders this though lest they gnash their teeth.
Is not about how much we have available, is about how much they think they can squeeze us.
Probably because consumers have made them billionaires.
They know some people can’t afford it, they just do not care.
Also people regularly spend more than they can afford.
When you think about it the fact that you can quite easily borrow money you clearly will not reimburse which is kind of an infinite money Glitch for capitalism.
We’ve failed our children by not having any financial education in our schools, let alone good education. Sure in the rich schools you’ll get it. But not in the areas that need it the most. It’s very easy to slip into crippling debt as a middle class American.
But it’s currently too profitable to have poor education. So it’s going to stay that way unless we help out our neighbors.
Love him or hate him. People need Dave Ramsey
Eh, Dave Ramsey has some good advice but he also has some really terrible ideas so I strongly recommend going with someone else.
Clark Howard, the Money guy, and Jill Schlesinge are all many times better than Dave Ramsey.
The angry chef?
Line must go up
In the darkened boardroom of ShittyStreamingService, the presentation continues:
“…and so we’ve set our price at $15 per month. This is a reasonable price that everyone in our target demographics can afford.”
What the numpties at ShittyStreamingService haven’t considered is that yes, maybe I can afford $15 per month. But I can’t afford it for each of the 7,836 different streaming/music/gaming services!!
Not only can I not afford 7,846 different platforms, but I don’t WANT to. I want simplicity. If p1racy is easier and simpler, why wouldn’t I choose it?
Is there a music service that is similar to Kodi or Stremio?
They don’t assume we have unlimited money, they assume they’ll make enough sales to justify making it (and paying all the people who made it).
Yeah, some companies are making ridiculous profits and underpaying staff. This isn’t some pro-capitalism comment.
Taking things off of streaming platforms or not making old stuff otherwise available usually boils down to bureaucracy and legal stuff. Certain people need to be paid, or have the right to veto their content being sold, or stuff like that sometimes. And sometimes the companies have a legal obligation to either protect their IP or ensure things stay “offline”.
I don’t like it, but I know it’s not always simple.
Because they will always have people who support them, regardless of how mean they are, as long as there are people afraid of “pirating” this will never change.
I had a friend at work who said “People who pirate stuff are just as bad as burglers” to me. I had just been Burgled 2 weeks before Christmas.
I replied “Right so I’m as bad as the smack heads that robbed my kids presents, is that what you’re saying?”
He did that thing folk do when they look like a fish breathing then tried to backtrack, but that’s when he became a “work colleague” again.
They simply want to make money for not creating any new content. They want subscribers not customer. They are currently in a new mode: rent seeking.
Pirate until they get their act together and offer something that has all content available, simply dividing up the proceeds fairly by percentage of viewing time.
Piracy is an availability problem. These assholes built 200 walled-gardens and are wondering why people don’t go to theirs.
They push as far as they can. As long as people are willing to pay they’ll keep vying for our incomes. Cancelled subscriptions is the only language they understand.
Big businesses couldn’t care less about where the money comes from as long as it ends up in their pockets.
Only thing stopping them from sending hired thugs to your house to shake the change out your pockets is the law. And even then they might try if the profit outweighs the penalty.
Boeing whistleblower blower
Hell, some companies will still hire pinkertons
"Only thing stopping them from sending hired thugs to your house to shake the change out your pockets is the law. "
This is how I feel about ads. Ads are legal psychological warfare with the sole aim of stealing your money.
Price your goods right up to what the market can bear. Business sense.
Don’t pay parasitic corpos for somethingyou can get yourself for free… Also business sense IMHO
