As Amazon becomes the latest platform to push an ad-supported tier, TV writers greet this retro model with frustration and, in some cases, disdain: āI thought 'Nine Perfect Strangers' with commercials was horrible,ā says David E. Kelley of his Hulu show with breaks.
Lol Iām anything but a billionaire sympathizer. Billionaires shouldnāt exist.
Dude, your answer to excesses of capitalism is ālet the market solve itā. The only person youāre fooling is yourself and that only because it is the lowest bar possible
What am I fooling myself about, exactly?
That the market actually responds to consumer desires.
Unfortunately with the excessively oversized conglomerates that do vertical integration in an ever increasing number of industries, there is only the illusion of choice left for consumers. Not using any type of media (books, movies, etc.) is not actually a solution or a choice. So consumers are left with no choice but what is offered, and the offering is not dictated by their desires but by the companies who will screw you over to increase already obscene profits. The āvote with your walletā argument you use leaves you with āpile of crap Aā and āpile of crap Bā to choose from, with no alternatives. Your solution is social disconnect from everything and everyone, that is not actually a solution or a real viable choice.
My guy, Iām talking about not paying for Netflix. Social disconnect? Youāre so dramatic. I havenāt had Netflix in years.
Youāre cutting oneā¦but now theyāre all doing the shit that made you quit Netflix, and you have no (legal) way of getting access to pop culture without endorsing the shitty behaviour that doesnāt listen to consumer desires. That is why āvoting with your walletā doesnāt work, because there is no alternative to vote for with your wallet. So unless you keep endorsing the shitty corporate behaviour, youāre pulling the plug on basically everything, and that is definitely a disconnection from many social interactions since youāll have no clue what theyāre talking about.
You donāt have to watch the latest, hippest new show of streaming services so participate in society. I canāt believe Iām even having this conversation, truthfully Iām baffled that I need to repudiate this.
But despite my sanity, I will engage with itā¦ You know people still have dvd players, right? And libraries still exist? To be clear, Iām just trying to rebuke the absurd claim that you have āno way of getting access to poop cultureā without streaming services.
How do you think people and libraries obtain their material? They dont get it for free, they buy it. So that still puts money in the hands of companies youāre trying not to give money. Every time you borrow something from the library, they pay a little to the copyright owner of that material. So youāre still supporting anti-consumer companies with your wallet by doing it like that. Like I said, voting with your wallet only works when there are alternatives, and we pretty much have none left.
Weāre a day deep in you not understanding that proposing a market mechanism (consumer choice) as a solution to a problem created by markets is risible. I could try and explain it you again but I canāt understand it for you, so letās call it a day. iām happy for you to be the only person in the room not getting it.
What solution do you propose?
Ok, tell you what. iāll engage with you as a good faith participant if you can meet the minimum bar. everyone else here knows whatās wrong with your suggestion. if you can persuasively explain that you also understand it (without reusing my words) iāll happily believe youāre not an idiot and a waste of time and we can dig into what else might be an appropriate response
That doesnāt seem like good faith at all.
As a reminder, this exchange between you and I begun because you called me a billionaire bootlicker. When I replied that I didnāt think billionaires should exist, you said I was fooling myself. Instead taking me at face value when I told you my belief, you insinuated I donāt know how I feel about my own beliefs.
Youāve been nothing but antagonistic when Iām pretty sure youād find we would agree on probably a lot of things. We apparently disagree on the matter of if someone doesnāt like the rising prices of Netflix, they should stop paying for it, though.
That is a lot of words to say āno i canāt explain whatās wrong with my argumentā but at least youāve saved me a bunch of time champ
They shouldnāt exist? But youāre ok with the systems that actively reward and sustain the behaviour that creates them?
No? When did I say that?
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