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jasonvorhe ◴[] No.46162030[source]
I cancelled all my content subscriptions and I'm back to torrenting. I barely watch anything made my Netflix regardless. I think either Dark or the 3rd season of Stranger Things was the last time. Snyder's SciFi movie wasn't much good either. By now the streaming services are en route to become as terrible as whatever they were set out to replace. Once one of them started heavily advertising their own productions everywhere inside their apps I would've cancelled any remaining subscription at the latest.
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wombat-man ◴[] No.46162698[source]
I torrent too, but I think it makes sense to buy/rent or sub to a service in many cases. Companies look at views and revenue to decide what content to actually make. So, especially for ongoing series that I'm enjoying I want them to keep renewing it.

I subscribe to ad-free versions of services so I don't really run into ads a lot unless I'm trying to watch something live on TV.

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1. venturecruelty ◴[] No.46168632[source]
How did good movies and TV shows get made before the panopticon? How did we get Casa Blanca when there were no Nielsen ratings?
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2. JetSpiegel ◴[] No.46172709[source]
It was real for the actors, som ehad really fled the Nazis (including the ones playing the Nazis).
3. azkalam ◴[] No.46174212[source]
Success rate in that era was very low. There are thousands of movies from that time that no one cares about today.
4. wombat-man ◴[] No.46174983[source]
Casablanca? The only way to really see it then was at a theater. They just bankrolled an A team of filmmakers and actors.