Steven P. Administrators Posted September 4, 2022 Administrators Share Posted September 4, 2022 So I was looking forward to season 6 later, and just like Star Trek earlier in the year, Netflix have lost the rights to Rick and Morty in some regions, including The Netherlands where I live. 😡 Remind me again why piracy is still rampant in 2022? I've lost count of all the different streaming services there are now. 😒 Source: https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/rick-and-morty-leaving-netflix-in-august-2022/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted September 4, 2022 Supervisor Share Posted September 4, 2022 Yeah, this is why I was against streaming services from the beginning. I prefer a physical or digital medium that I put on whenever I want without worrying about restrictions. It's interesting that some European countries and Australia aren't saying that they are removing it. Is that because HBO isn't available there? Regardless, this is one of the reasons I have a VPN. Although even with that companies like Netflix have got better at detecting a VPN IP address and blocking you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted September 4, 2022 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 04/09/2022 at 10:34, Nick H. said: Yeah, this is why I was against streaming services from the beginning. I prefer a physical or digital medium that I put on whenever I want without worrying about restrictions. It's interesting that some European countries and Australia aren't saying that they are removing it. Is that because HBO isn't available there? Regardless, this is one of the reasons I have a VPN. Although even with that companies like Netflix have got better at detecting a VPN IP address and blocking you. Yeah I noticed VPN has mostly stopped working for me when I want to watch US selection from other countries. Pretty sure Netflix knows all the major VPN providers and even private servers with remote access sometimes get detected when you go though them At my previous job I had access and use that on vacations - log into them and then access other sites. that was always working because it looked like regular IP - not belonging to the company that rents services, so there was no way they would know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris003 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) Geo blocking is terrible. Everything should be available to everyone when it comes to streaming services. Don't even get me started on the monopoly in Canada and the CRTC with Bell/Rogers having to control the streaming. +E.Worm Jimmy and Steven P. 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+primortal Subscriber² Posted September 4, 2022 Subscriber² Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 04/09/2022 at 14:37, rmorris003 said: Geo blocking is terrible. Everything should be available to everyone when it comes to streaming services. Don't even get me started on the monopoly in Canada and the CRTC with Bell/Rogers having to control the streaming. All of the untapped revenue stream if they open their service to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted September 4, 2022 Veteran Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 04/09/2022 at 09:40, Steven P. said: So I was looking forward to season 6 later, and just like Star Trek earlier in the year, Netflix have lost the rights to Rick and Morty in some regions, including The Netherlands where I live. 😡 Remind me again why piracy is still rampant in 2022? I've lost count of all the different streaming services there are now. 😒 Source: https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon/rick-and-morty-leaving-netflix-in-august-2022/ Well now you need Rick and Morty+ Oh remember the days when streaming was going to kill cable and save us all... now it's just cable on 15 different bills +E.Worm Jimmy, +hedleigh, Xenon and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Scrip Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 04/09/2022 at 14:57, neufuse said: Oh remember the days when streaming was going to kill cable and save us all... now it's just cable on 15 different bills. But at least you can pick-and-choose which streaming services you want at any given time. You're not required to subscribe to 15 different streaming services every month. A lot of people subscribe to a couple services... binge what they want... then try other services. You can do that with streaming. You have control. Whereas with cable... you're stuck paying for 125+ channels, every month, whether you want them or not. And you also pay for those terrible DVR boxes with crappy interfaces. And you need a box for every TV in your house. Remember? People complained about cable for years. They said it's too expensive and they paid for too many channels that they don't want. I certainly remember. But now we have streaming which gives the control to the viewers. YOU pick what you want to pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted September 4, 2022 Veteran Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 04/09/2022 at 16:03, Michael Scrip said: But at least you can pick-and-choose which streaming services you want at any given time. You're not required to subscribe to 15 different streaming services every month. A lot of people subscribe to a couple services... binge what they want... then try other services. You can do that with streaming. You have control. Whereas with cable... you're stuck paying for 125+ channels, every month, whether you want them or not. And you also pay for those terrible DVR boxes with crappy interfaces. And you need a box for every TV in your house. Remember? People complained about cable for years. They said it's too expensive and they paid for too many channels that they don't want. I certainly remember. But now we have streaming which gives the control to the viewers. YOU pick what you want to pay for. just wait for it, there will be minimum contact lengths eventually once they get fed up with people taking a month out to binge a snow... and most cable companies now have IPTV as an option like comcast for example they have the ability to get linear tv on the xfinity stream app so no need for a box anymore and you don't pay for it as an outlet eventually these services are going to cost too much individually, Heck disney+ at first felt like a steal now it's getting ads or a price hike again probably every year now... can't wait for it to be $20 a month.... the big content providers will shift the service how they want it to make them the most money in the end... and that always ends up screwing the consumer in some way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Scrip Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) On 04/09/2022 at 17:13, neufuse said: just wait for it, there will be minimum contact lengths eventually once they get fed up with people taking a month out to binge a snow... Perhaps... but consumers will vote with their wallet. We were led to believe that contracts are evil... so I don't think people will stand for it. TV isn't that important... On 04/09/2022 at 17:13, neufuse said: and most cable companies now have IPTV as an option like comcast for example they have the ability to get linear tv on the xfinity stream app so no need for a box anymore and you don't pay for it as an outlet True... but how much is it? While some cable companies offer a $20/month plan... that only gets you about 10 channels... basically your local networks. But your typical cable TV lineup of 125+ channels is at least $65/month. That's a lot of money... every month. On 04/09/2022 at 17:13, neufuse said: eventually these services are going to cost too much individually, Heck disney+ at first felt like a steal now it's getting ads or a price hike again probably every year now... can't wait for it to be $20 a month.... the big content providers will shift the service how they want it to make them the most money in the end... and that always ends up screwing the consumer in some way... Yeah I'm interested to see to see where it goes. We're already seeing Netflix lose subscribers after they keep increasing the price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCordRm Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Ah, the good old days. I remember us having cable TV channels and getting like 20 hours of Porky's (or that month's movie) for our money. lol Steven P. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) Dear Streaming Companies. I want to watch what I want to watch, when I want to watch it. I'm happy to pay you a fair price to let me do that, but if you won't let me do that, then I will still watch what I want to watch, I just won't be giving you guys any money to do so. You might want to do something about that, you dipsticks. Regards A customer that knows how to watch things "other" ways. Steven P. and pololy07 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pololy07 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 We are all simple users. But it's more difficult from the point of view of streaming companies. For the last few months Netflix give us not so good news, i've read about leadership of it and problems of the last years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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