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>>ksec+(OP)
Bold prediction: if ads on paid streaming services become the norm, there will be a renaissance of piracy because it will once again offer the superior user experience.

>>jupp0r+T5
I have to disagree with you.

Coming from a country where media consumption used the be expensive, the reason people pirated entertainment was mainly due to cost. Not because it was inconvenient to see an ad.

Streaming will still be miles more convenient than piracy. All I have to do is turn on my apple tv, grab the remote and watch whatever I want, whenever I want. I don’t have to dig through some torrent sites, download it, then stream it to the tv.

>>_track+F7
At this point, I actually pay for Netflix + Hulu(+ESPN+Disney) + Amazon Prime + I get HBO Max with my AT&T plan otherwise would also have to pay for that one. In the past I have also paid, for a limited amount of time, for Apple TV, Paramount+, Starz, Cinemax, The Criterion Channel, FuboTV, BritBox and Peacock. I'm probably forgetting a few.

I'm fairly certain Comcast's cable package they keep spamming me costs less than those combined

Media consumption is expensive again. All we've done is move from the cable bundle with terrible content to a different set of un-/re-bundled channels where the slightly better content lives.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/10/hbo-max-d...

>>airstr+1a
Media consumption of everything all at once is expensive.

But it is on demand now, which is a great improvement.

And people can also pick and choose. I can buy individual episodes or seasons, or I can pay for one service per month and then cancel and pay for another next month. Or people can pay for everything all at once if they want. Or they can watch YouTube for free or pay to have fewer ad breaks.

I see lots of improvement compared to the previous situation.