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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby OP 14 Aug \ parent \ on: Impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy - Guardian alter_native
Yeah, the idea that people really just want to watch/listen/play what they want, and don't want to navigate access, seems like it would bode well for lightning payments. But, also: Amazon does single rental for many titles that show up on a variety of streaming platforms, but this doesn't seem to be a solution.
The pricing for a single rental is too variable ime, TV episodes are often overpriced relative to movies, and it's rare I want a TV episode a la carte unless I'm testing a series out.1
Apple got it right when they mandated $0.99 mp3s. Then again, we went on to stream those too for the most part.
I think my ideal streaming platform let's me watch the first 20% of a movie or TV series season for free, then lets me pay a fixed price for the other 80%.
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This is interesting to think about in the context of SN. ↩
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