YouTube Decides It Doesn't Want to Be Netflix
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They figured out that you can only viably slice that Netflix pie so many ways. With everyone and their dog starting a streaming service, all they've really done is bring back piracy with a vengeance.
The shows I watch are scattered across like 5+ services and cable, I'm not paying for that, fuck you.
At this point just bring back regular cable.
Worst of all: Newer seasons sometimes take years to get uploaded to a streaming service over here in Europe. It's fine and dandy to watch old episodes of something we have to wait a year or so until it's available on Netflix and Co? Screw that.
As always, piracy is an availability issue, not a monetary one.
I don't know how it is in the rest of Europe, but Amazon Prime in the UK and Ireland seems to be super on top of that and has probably the best streaming content platform I've seen. They got the bulk of the streaming licensing for most American shows anyway. Probably has fucked up the licensing for other platforms since it's not a huge one.
They've realized that they're making more money off of YoutubeTV as a cable replacement than youtube premium as a netflix type subscription service.
Huh, it's like promoting Late Night Jimmies and Hollywood trash was very stupid idea.
It was only stupid once they realized they couldn't get away with it. I expect a lot more astroturfed accounts which are attempts to do the exact same thing, just covertly.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaXEr4t_QBZBk3qlIlc2HRg
like this you mean? some random bitch nobody ever heard off suddenly having a million subscribers and showing up in your recommends?
Yeah she was who I was thinking of. I remember she got millions of subs out of nowhere and was being supported by some kind of ad agency. It's clear this is the kind of direction Youtube is heading, so keep your eyes out.
My recommends have gone apeshit lately. Her and a bunch of trans makeup tutorials mostly. I watch VODS of some twitch streamers, none of whom show their faces. I don't know what's going on.
It's a bit late to take that back.
I can honestly say that I don't anyone that paid for YouTube Red. So not a surprise.