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Streaming TV is having an existential crisis, and viewers can tell

by room505 on 9/8/22, 1:14 PM with 7 comments

  • by bob1029 on 9/8/22, 1:39 PM

    I hadn't thought about this from the creators' perspective.

    I'd have a super hard time being passionate about something if I had any suspicion that an HBO exec could arbitrarily memoryhole my entire works in an afternoon meeting.

    I've seen this with some music too. I observed two different artists get completely erased from the goddamn internet. I still have the ghost in my Spotify playlist, but not a single trace on google, YouTube, etc. I can remember what their music sounds like, but I did not have the foresight to rip it out of Spotify. Absolutely gone without a trace. I'm sure whoever created those tracks was hoping for this outcome...

  • by room505 on 9/8/22, 1:31 PM

  • by HereIGoAgain on 9/8/22, 4:29 PM

    "Glorious streaming future!"

    Just wait until some network nits get it trough their heads to try and improve their image, protect their brand or some stupidity and suddenly the R rated versions of movies new and old go poof out of existence. We just begun our moronic plowing on ahead with a digital streaming only future and we are already seeing cases of companies being less than intent on keeping even their own media available. (which is literally the EASIEST and CHEAPEST part of the whole streaming concept.. data storage.. literal pennies on the dollar costs)

    You will own nothing and like it.. in the most literal sense.