Florencia (she/her) to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 days agoMax Streaming ‘Enshittifies’ Further, Removes Classic Looney Tuneswww.techdirt.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1190file-text
arrow-up1190external-linkMax Streaming ‘Enshittifies’ Further, Removes Classic Looney Tuneswww.techdirt.comFlorencia (she/her) to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish17•8 days agoWhy the fuck would they delete the content? The studio owns the content outright, so streaming rights costs should be nothing.
minus-square@thallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish13•8 days agoNot deleted, just not available to those who paid to stream. Streaming does cost money, not much individually, but at the scale they are at, this is huge savings!($) Think about it this way, the cost per customer will not go down (probably up), but the amount of content will go down. The profits must increase every quarter.
minus-square@invertedspear@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish9•8 days agoYou can’t stream the Westworld show either. It was an HBO made show.
Why the fuck would they delete the content?
The studio owns the content outright, so streaming rights costs should be nothing.
Not deleted, just not available to those who paid to stream.
Streaming does cost money, not much individually, but at the scale they are at, this is huge savings!($)
Think about it this way, the cost per customer will not go down (probably up), but the amount of content will go down.
The profits must increase every quarter.
You can’t stream the Westworld show either. It was an HBO made show.