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Wait until they see “Smoke Hub” in Bakersfield, CA.

It’s literally the porn hub logo.

Yep. Disney+ (for now).

Netflix, HBO, and Hulu gradually cancelled over the last few years.

What’s stupid of them is that if they’d stayed around $8-10/mo each (ad-free), I probably would have stayed subscribed forever. Now they each get nothing.

I don’t mind Spotify increasing.

Inflation is real. And nobody wants to see the service turn into a Little Caesars “$5 Hot N Ready” pizza that erodes in quality, rather than gradually price increase with inflation.

The advantage we have with music streamers is that nearly ALL the content is on ALL the services. So, if one service goes bananas with pricing, we can jump ship to a cheaper one.

But TV is siloed into mini monopolies. The only source of capitalism competition they face is use choosing to do without. And frankly, if I’m gonna be forced-fed ads, I choose to do it on YouTube which costs me $0 and not $7.99 a month.

Netflix is gone. And as someone who leaves The Simpsons running 24/7 on Disney+, I’m frankly getting thiiiiiiiiiis close to dumping their asses, too!

Or, as a market-based solution: TurboTax raised the price for small business returns to about the same as hiring and accountant. So, now I just hire an accountant.

The principal message at the top sets back acceptance for my trans friend.

By shooting for a distant objective that does not resonate with 90+ percent of people, we run the risk of arming hatefilled right-wing bigots. They can wave this around as “proof” that transgendered and non-binary people deserve entirely no rights.

Can’t we shoot for a “You do you, and I’ll do me” world where most of us cis people can enjoy our identity in peace – while extending the same respect to transgendered and non-binary friends who also want to just live life in peace?

Crusading against all gender norma and against all gendered language is not a sustainable game plan here.

GIF was ancient in the YTMND.com days. And nowadays, YTMND is like two decades old. Back when my life had hope.

I’d complain, except it hasn’t gone up in a decade.

Prices needs to go up a little bit every year to reflect CPI and inflation.

I agree. There should be some sort of a la carte service where you can pay a couple of bucks and use it for like a day.

The guy is straight up insane. He’s obsessed with the letter X.

But I don’t care. X is the symbol of death eyes on a smiley. Guess the bird is dead.

I know this is a piracy community, but honestly I don’t mind paying for newspapers.com. I use it a lot just to read up on old articles and stuff and they seem to be doing a pretty good job adding new newspapers to the archive all the time.

For me piracy is great when the product is just outright overpriced because some corporate tools in New York or Los Gatos are trying to make their VC people happy.

But…

A more expensive product becomes a more price-sensitive product. Now one customer represents income from 3-4 customers.

Recession hits. People are more likely to cancel something that is $25/mo than $8/mo. And each cancellation is like three cancellations.

Going “premium” is a valid strategy. But since we haven’t had a serious recession in 15 years, I believe it’s a shortsighted one.

Long run, they are corporate morons.

T-Mobile was “paying” for a rarely-used account on my family plan. Parents used it in another state. I occasionally used it. My brother logged in once in awhile. On any given week, it might see like 4 hours of collective viewership.

Turns out TMobile’s contribution only covered the first $8. I have been paying another $10/mo. out of my own pocket and wasn’t batting an eye.

Netflix was getting $18 a month for doing almost nothing! And that could have continued for many more years without my even questioning it.

BUT… One day I couldn’t sign onto my own Netflix account that I pay for. Evidently, I’m not in my own household? That led to my discovery of the gargantuan amount I was paying for a service I barely use anymore.

So now, thanks to their greed, Netflix gets $0 from me. And not a single family member has phoned to ask why Netflix no longer works.

Some executives in Los Gatos may soon learn Econ 101’s supply-and-demand curve.

Former RiFfer here on Connect.

Gives me similar vibes.

It doesnt have to be centralized. Just allow power users a function in their Lemmy app of choice to “group” similar communities into one mega community per topic.

Like a frontpage, but just for ONE topic.

And then we could share lists with each other or something.

RiF fanatic here. Neither mirrors directly. But Jerboa wasn’t bad. And I find I like Connect the best.

Elon Musk does fascist things.

But that doesn’t mean every bad thing Elon Musk does is fascist. Sometimes it’s just greedy. Or stupid.

Disney Plus. I can share it with my out-of-state parents with no trouble. And it’s such a great way to watch The Simpsons constantly in the background.

Since Netflix went bonkers and I had to cancel it, D+ is my go-to app. Hopefully they don’t go stupid like Netflix, too.

Same here.

There is a very good Ex-Mormon community on reddit that is so stuck in their own bubble of problems, I can’t see themselves moving. And I enjoy checking in to see what shenanigans the LDS/Mormon church are up to.

But that’s it.

I feel like the past 3 weeks I’ve moved to a new city. And I’m discovering new communities here.

I feel like Aaron Swartz exiting and later dying played a role. There was no longer his voice to check bad business behavior.

Don’t forget the “Jesus fish” on their logo.

I’m from out west, so it was a very foreign concept for me when I visited my sister in Arkansas and saw a lot of “Christian Family Auto” type places with Jesus swag trying to win over business.