Train Dragon wrote: » What subscription type companies do you pay money to?
me_irl wrote: » Pfffffffffffffffffffft.
MeatTwoVeg wrote: » Playstation Plus, Netflix and Spotify. Though apparently, it's not cool to actually pay for any form of media these days
AllGunsBlazing wrote: » Had Netflix back when it had pretty much the monopoly on streaming. It was excellent at the time but fell away badly from about 2014 onward and have since got shot of it.
VinLieger wrote: » Totally agree, they lost a lot of licensing deals the last few years but the amount of new original content they are pumping out makes it worth it again IMO. The vast majority of it is also superior to anything on TV now too
VinLieger wrote: » Id happily pay for media services that gave me access to all the shows I want as soon as they air once anywhere in the world.
MeatTwoVeg wrote: » So you'd pay for an imaginary service that's customised to your particular preferences, but in the meantime, use the absence of such a service to justify pirating? Typical Irish attitude. 'I'm going to do something illegal and immoral but it's totally justified because something, something, something.'
techdiver wrote: » The high horse brigade didn't take long to ascend here. The fact remains that the only people to blame for pirating are the TV companies themselves. Take me for example. I pay the top pack for Sky, I have Netflix and Prime. Yet for example I want to start watching season 5 of arrow of season 3 of Flash and I go to Sky player to download the catch up episodes, but oh-oh, I can only watch from episode 4 onwards... What sense does that make? I know this is not Sky's fault but the fault of the distributor. The main driving force is to make sure that the episodes are missing so they can sell box sets on DVD etc when the season finishes. The TV and movie business has been decades behind in all of this have have no one but themselves to blame. People want full video on demand and are willing to pay for it, given an appropriate price point. But we still have the scenario whereby tv and movie companies are still living in a different era and would prefer to spend millions on encryptions algorithms and infrastructure that will eventually be broken than provide a product that people want. Also, for current streaming services, they need to up their game as regards bitrate and lossless audio codecs. Take the Sky Store for instance. They charge as much as a bluray for a digital copy of a movie which has a significantly less overhead to deliver than a disk copy. You see it in the gaming industry also, whereby xbox charges as much to download a game as they do to purchase a physical copy in a bricks and mortar store. I for one won't lose sleep over these companies anyway as the movie business in particular is making bigger and bigger profits each year. The figures bandied about in regards to losses due to piracy are nothing more than fiction. The make the assumption that every person who downloads an illegal copy of a movie would purchase a valid copy of given no other alternative. Whilst this may be true for some, it is not so for all. For starters the price point for movies on blu ray and digital download are ridiculous.
MeatTwoVeg wrote: So you'd pay for an imaginary service that's customised to your particular preferences, but in the meantime, use the absence of such a service to justify pirating? Typical Irish attitude. 'I'm going to do something illegal and immoral but it's totally justified because something, something, something.'
jester77 wrote: » Nexflix, Prime, Google Music, Sky and DAZN Then I have a usenet subscription for whatever I can't obtain legally
Agricola wrote: » Haven't have Netflix since it launched here. Is it still the case that the Irish version is severely lacking in content and **cough** getting the US version **cough** is still necessary?
Train Dragon wrote: » You pay a sub to a site that helps you download illegally? Also, is it Amazon Prime Video you have? Any use?
Trent Houseboat wrote: » That's a bit harsh. I think plenty of people feel that they've been priced out of the market. People stopped buying CDs because they were €25 in a shop and free and easier to steal. The music industry would be dead if it hadn't gotten with the technology. Peopole are willing to pay €0.99 for a song on iTunes or subscribe to Spotify. They could have continued to raise prices to make up for loss in sales like Sky appear to be doing but you can only do that for so long. Plenty of people out there want to watch Game of Thrones, but don't give a sh*t about 99.9999% of the other dross on Sky. If HBO could charge consumers directly $1-2 per episode nobody would pirate it. Instead you're forced to subsidise all the other muck, 24 hours of straight Big Bang Theory on Comedy Central or Uzbekistan's Next Top Pawn Star on Living for a minimum of €30 per month. God bless you if you want to subscribe to sports packages. I think they're another €50 a month. I'm happy to pay €10 per month for Netflix, but if it was €15 I'd find another way to watch what BoJack is up to.
blue note wrote: » Ah here. Firstly nobody would pirate GoT if it was $1-2 dollars per episode? People would pirate it if it was that price for a series! The price directly affects the numbers who'll pay for it and who'll download it. If it was cheap most would be willing to pay (like people being willing to pay for Netflix since it's reasonable). If it's expensive like a box set more people will get it illegally.
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