And yet when Netflix was good the amount of people who pirated went down a ton. I was on that train. Just give me a service that isn't outrageously expensive, has most of the content i want, and is more convenient than pirating and I'll do it, as long as i have an income.

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I was on this train. I paid for Netflix for a handful of years. Really my only complaint is that I couldn't share screenshots because of the DRM (you don't want free advertising?). But then the selection went downhill, new seasons of shows I was watching started appearing on other services. The UI got worse and slow. I eventually started getting pissed off and was wondering why I was paying for a frustrating service.

I had a very similar arc for YouTube Premium a few years after that one, I must have been a subscriber for 5 years at least. But then it got worse and worse.

[–] kryptonidas@lemmings.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah early Netflix was great, now it’s too fragmented. Like a Tidal or Spotify would be useless if they would be fragmented on the same level.

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, the music industry gets it and nearly everyone happily pays for Spotify as a result. Spotify is slowly enshitifying but it is still fairly convenient and has most things you would want to listen to.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Netflix was convenient, so was worth the cost. A 4K account with a few friends was just a few euros a month and had almost everything.

Now it's more expensive, can't share and I still need to download 75% of the things I want, so now arr + jellyseer is more convenient.