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submitted 11 months ago by Onaltau@lemm.ee to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

It was inevitable...

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[-] test113@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I don't understand. What do you want, a global monopoly in streaming? Piracy is merely a symptom of market issues, not a direct participant. Without paying customers and a legitimate market, piracy wouldn't exist.

[-] Skavau@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

True, but this is also because there's no Steam Storefront option for people who like to watch TV.

[-] TehWorld@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Yeah, maybe something like one company that could aggregate all of the separate services into one subscription. They could use a collective bargaining strategy to keep the price of each subscription down. Maybe they could even bundle together the actual physical hardware and maintain the infrastructure required to get the signals to us as well!

[-] Steve@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago

How would they do that, some sort of cable?

[-] Skavau@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I said steam storefront, so I don't mean specifically asking for a subscription service. I mean if I want to watch a TV show now, I have to subscribe to a service. There's no option to buy it digitally in most cases.

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