• Kennystillalive@feddit.org
    13·
    12 hours ago

    To be honest: I’m glad Netflix got WB and Discovery is now a “free” compamy. The other option was was WB & Discovery going to Paramount… What would be bad about WB & Discovery going to Paramaount you ask? Paramount is in the hands of David Ellison, son of Berry Ellison who is a suporter of Donald Trump & his faschist ideals. Why would this be bad? Because quite a lot of important outlets such as CNN belong to Discovery. This would just give Trump & his fascho-friends more power to influence media.

    • sobchak@programming.dev
      6·
      6 hours ago

      I think Paramount is in the process of a hostile takeover of WB Discovery, and Kushner is involved, so they’ll probably get it, IMO. I think the fascists really want CNN at least.

    • Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
      2·
      12 hours ago

      Glad is definitely more positive than I’d put it. More like it’s the least bad option in a world that is predicated on market consolidation

  • Wander@sh.itjust.works
    10·
    15 hours ago

    The best shit on Netflix was not made by Netflix.

    Netflix buying more shit is bad for consumers.

    Wish Netflix turned into steam

  • ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world
    651·
    1 day ago

    Every movie, TV programme or anything else that I watch is from file sharing. Because if I buy media I expect media and not bundled viruses, digital restrictions management or corporate surveillance.

    • ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip
      15·
      23 hours ago

      My favorite part about all this DRM-lockdown that the movie industry loves so much is that gog.com makes tons of money and is successful with zero DRM. People buy games when it’s convenient, they don’t in general share them with 10 friends. Some people pirate, but if I don’t have to deal with DRM from a first-party store, I’m not going to bother with piracy. Meanwhile, the movie industry spends millions on innovative new DRMs that make things worse. I have tried to keep up with 4K Blue Rays, but it’s exhausting. Every 4k player sucks, freezes mid-movie, or refuses to play movies I paid full price for. DRM totally kills my incentive to pay studios for products.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      37·
      1 day ago

      This right here is the reason why piracy is as big and healthy as ever.

      It’s not about the money. Hell, we’re spending thousands now whereas before it was at most a few hundreds per year. But now we can watch whatever we want without bullshit, without advertising

      It’s not about the ease of use. We now spent countless hours on building a libraries with everything we’d like to watch which I know will always be there

      It’s not about wanting to be “a criminal” or not caring about artists. Most artists get shit from Spotify, for example. We’d rather pay a few hundred per year to some foundation that will pay artists a fair share

      It’s about not wanting to deal with these huge anti social power monger companies and their shitty policies anymore.

      You can’t watch this, we won’t allow it.

      You can’t watch that, you live in a country where it’s bad for our profits if we allow you to watch that.

      You can’t watch this one because it’s better for our profits that we dropped this so you now need to pay double for some other provider because we decided so.

      We need to monitor your every move and excuuuusee me siiiirrr, i need to inspect ya aaasshole now… Please also give me all your personal information, minus the “please” because we’ll just take it

      You know, we’re so big now, and you have so little options, we’ll make you eat h add anyway even though you pay us

      Fuuuuuuckkkk all of that.

      • InputZero@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 day ago

        Add on all the bullshit they hide in their contracts to cover liability. Fuck Disney saying that their customers can’t sue them because they paid for a Disney Plus account. Should be legal but apparently it is.

  • unphazed@lemmy.world
    15·
    1 day ago

    It’s kinda ironic that a streaming service that used piracy sites to bid on movies to add to their library is now becoming the monopoly that will push people back to piracy.

  • titanicx@lemmy.zip
    121·
    1 day ago

    You all act like water brothers were any better at the streaming game. Hell a couple years ago they took all their content off Netflix in order to launch their own streaming service to charge more

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      22·
      1 day ago

      I don’t care for streaming that much anymore, especially for movies. I rarely watch movies at home, and when I do it’s my favourites on 4k bluray with Dolby atmos. Every other time it’s going to the cinema usually once a week if I can. Netflix have always been shit when it comes to the cinema.

      • P00ptart@lemmy.world
        31·
        24 hours ago

        All streaming is bad. Any blip in connection drops it below 720p. Between that and data usage and data collection, why not pirate? That’s even before mentioning giving money to mega-cops.

        • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          16 hours ago

          I personally prefer to put my money where my mouth is on the things I’d want to see more of (even if my contribution is technically negligible nowadays). So I get the 4k blurays of my favourites. And since I like going to the cinema (I just pay monthly to see as many films as I want), I’ll have already seen the films to know what are and aren’t my favourites (most of the time) so I don’t need to pirate movies.

      • Microw@piefed.zipEnglish
        8·
        1 day ago

        I’d rather have Netflix own it than the Trumpists. But yeah, none of this is ideal. Warner should be independent just as MGM should be.

        • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
          4·
          23 hours ago

          I mean, the Vegas Strip has always been disgusting…but the fact that (more than?) half of it is owned by Amazon now is absolutely insane to me. . .

      • IronBird@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 day ago

        can’t help but feel like either way any side buying loses $ WBD is going out of business because they can’t make $ off their mountain pile of IP’s…why would it be any different for netflix or paramount. the 4-5 media companies already effectively have a monopoly between themselves via cooperation, the people who are gokng to give then $ already are/have. all they can do now is drive more people away by enshittifying further

  • Foni@piefed.zipEspañol
    15·
    1 day ago

    Fewer or lower quality productions also affect those of us who download the content.

    • cRazi_man@europe.pub
      12·
      1 day ago

      If that happens: Don’t watch shit and certainly don’t pay for shit.

      Even if nothing good is made for years, I guarantee there are millions of hours of undiscovered movie and series content for you to find in older releases. These companies are going to consolidate more and more, and will churn out sequels, spin offs, low effort movies, AI trash and easy cash-grabs. We need to not watch that shit and let these companies die. Pick the indie movies. Pick better quality older stuff. Wait for however long it takes for the industry to get over its unacceptable enshitification.

      Games have the same problem. It is your responsibility to not pay for this micro transaction hell.

      • Foni@piefed.zipEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        Yes, of course, but the meme gives the idea that by pirating it no longer matters if things continue more and more towards enshitification, I do care, I hope it doesn’t happen, it’s not like I can do anything to change it, but it does make me very sad that we continue walking in the wrong direction more and more

        • thingAmaBob@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 day ago

          I think ultimately that won’t be an issue in the long run. This is definitely a possibility, but there are other countries, other independent artists, and technological advances that allow (or will allow) creators to release good stories. I believe the people will find a way, somehow, even if things suck temporarily.

        • cRazi_man@europe.pub
          1·
          1 day ago

          if things continue more and more towards enshitification, I do care, I hope it doesn’t happen

          Inevitable I’m afraid and quite far progressed in many industries. The sad part is that it doesnt even matter if we refuse their product. There are more than enough people willing to keep paying them billions.

  • daggermoon@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 day ago

    So, are they not going to do DVD and Blu-Ray releases for warner films? Because Netflix crap never comes to DVD.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
      4·
      23 hours ago

      Netflix crap never comes to DVD.

      I dunno if it’s a thing exclusive to libraries or not, but at my public library I’ve seen some Netflix movies, and things like Stranger Things and Castlevania come through.

      Not sure if those discs hit traditional media shelves or not.

      • daggermoon@lemmy.world
        2·
        22 hours ago

        Awww shit, I forgot about Stranger Things. I think that’s the exception rather than the rule however. I could be full of shit though. I was too lazy to research. I remember The Ritual only got a DVD release in the UK (which I bought) and a Blu-ray in Brazil which I can’t find a copy listed anywhere. It doesn’t seem a priority for Netflix at least.

  • Caveman@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 day ago

    “We’re upping our subscription price because of the added value provided by or VB catalog”