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by jayalpha 2583 days ago
Time to buy piratebay.org call options.

Sometimes it is not a zero sum game. People won't sign up for Netflix. And Hulu. And Disney. And HBO. And Youtube. And...

But netflix going belly up would be a shame. I need the next seasons of "alternated carbon"!

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What you just described, minus YouTube is $40 a month. That’s really not that difficult for a lot of people, compared to how much cable use to cost, plus add ons. I already pay for Hulu, Netflix, and HBO, and I don’t mind paying another $7 for Disney+

Content isn’t free, and makers deserve to get paid.

Edit with sourcing: 64% of households making less than $15k have cable. https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2001/applia...

The lowest cable packages across the country are $22.57 https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/05/cut-your-ca...

Signing up for Hulu and Disney+ will give you all the content you’re looking for in the same price envelope sub $15k households are already willing to pay.

Yep, also most of us don't need access to everything simultaneously. I rotate subscriptions and typically only have one streaming service active at a time.
If you cared about the environment you would watch alternative carbon.