[tamarlikesdata]

It's a loud wake-up call to the media industry. The high piracy rates reflect a public rebellion against restrictive access and high costs of content. This situation is less about breaking the law and more about demanding a fairer, more accessible media landscape. It's high time for a major overhaul of how we view copyright and content distribution in the digital age.

[Loughla]

We have come back around to the reason that Netflix was so popular when it started. Too many walled gardens and exclusive content locked behind too high of a price.

We had cable, people hated it so they "cut the cable" and media companies just changed where that cable was plugged into homes. Now instead of cable/satellite services, it's just streaming. But the outcome is the same.

It's a mess. And as always, instead of looking for effective solutions, media is trying to guilt people into paying for their services.

Is it time for Netflix 2.0? If so, what does that look like now that every company is trying to sustain their own streaming service? Is it a small box that you attach to your TV that brings all of these disparate services together in one easy to use location?

Are we just seeing the long game of trying to get people to sign back up for cable and satellite?

[baggachipz]

> Now instead of cable/satellite services, it's just streaming. But the outcome is the same.

It's even worse. Instead of having everything in one place, we have to guess which streaming app has what we want, navigate to it, and use its proprietary interface to find the content. A major leap backwards in user experience.