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PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries | The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps. (arstechnica.com)

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PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries | The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.::The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.

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[–] meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. Streaming services always seemed like gilded cages to me. You can only see what they allow you to see - piracy or old-school Netflix DVD delivery gives you all the options. The promise of being able to stream any content at any time, with the producers and people involved being able to get compensated fairly and justly, just isn’t reality with these ghouls running the show.

The model (in the current form, of artificially restricted licensing) seems like less a way to curate a media catalog, but more like a way to curate the subscribers and culture.

[–] kaitco@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

piracy or old-school Netflix DVD delivery gives you all the options.

Netflix cancelled their DVD service in September. In an entirely unrelated move, I have recently cancelled my Netflix service…