As Amazon becomes the latest platform to push an ad-supported tier, TV writers greet this retro model with frustration and, in some cases, disdain: “I thought 'Nine Perfect Strangers' with commercials was horrible,” says David E. Kelley of his Hulu show with breaks.
    • 0110010001100010@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      11 months ago

      Yup, streaming has just become cable v2. I dusted off the VPN and went back to that. As a famous someone once said:

      Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem

      If the experience with piracy is FAR superior to streaming you can guess which way I’m going to go…

    • tacosanonymous@lemm.eeEnglish
      28·
      11 months ago

      Pirating is work. Streaming was convenience.

      The less convenient streaming is, the more likely I’m willing to work.