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Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined (variety.com)
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[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Music streaming has proven this for years now, all the major brands have massive collections that make its super easy to pay and listen to just about anything.

Early Netflix proved this when everything was readily available for an affordable pricre.

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Me in the 90s and 00s: yarrrr!

Me in the 10s: it feels good to be legit

Me in the 20s: YARRRRRRRRR!

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

It felt good to live in a world where being legit was reasonable.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 7 points 5 months ago

Yep, you choose between Spotify, Tidal, etc based on price and how well the app works, not because one service has the band you like while the other one doesn't (not that music streaming isn't its own shitshow for other reasons, of course).

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The situation is a lot better with music, but it's not perfect. There's still issues with region locking content, and content only existing on one service and not another.