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You wouldn't download an entire media library (programming.dev)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 62 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Want me to buy your media legally? Oh please, this is tremendously easy to do for a corporation!

  • Downloadable files (you have files, right? Otherwise how are you streaming out the stuff)
  • ...with open codecs (you are using an open codec right? Otherwise you have to encode your stuff like 10 times for 10 different devices each with its own idiosyncrasy)
  • ...without DRM (you have clean copies right? it'd not be smart to base a business model on files you can't open, see the above)
  • ...at an aggregate price that's lower than paying for TV cable (you can cash in only a bit, right? It's digital media and your competition is literally over-the-air TV with extra steps, it's not like you have the mother of pearl of cancer cures here)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In other words, media as a "service" makes more money than media as a one-point sale. Why should they sell you a one-point solution when the service model makes more money for the shareholders? I love the shareholder economy; it makes all our lives better and makes us focus on what really matters at the end of the day, which is, of course, profits for people who already have too much money. :) very cool

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

The only way for most of these companies to constantly generate income is to offer a subscription model. As they need to increase income, they can increase subscription prices.

Everybody (well, just the conpany) wins. Can't you see how beneficial this is to everyone (just the company)?