"Then you have to scroll past an AI summary with no answers, and then scroll past the sponsored links. After that, you find out that the thing you want to watch was made by a studio that doesn't exist anymore or doesn't have a streaming service. So, even though you subscribe to more streaming services than you could actually name, you will have to buy a digital copy to watch."
"Then, after you paid to see something multiple times in multiple ways (theater ticket, VHS tape, DVD, etc.), the mega-corporations behind this nightmare will try to get Congress to pass laws to ensure you keep paying them. In the end, this is easier than making a product that works. Or, as someone put it on social media , these companies have forgotten "that their entire existence relies on being slightly more convenient than piracy.""
Streaming discovery is fractured by search results cluttered with AI summaries and sponsored links that fail to answer where content is available. Many titles become inaccessible because original studios no longer exist or lack a streaming presence, forcing consumers to buy digital copies that are not truly owned and may disappear. Media conglomerates pursue mergers and exclusivity to concentrate control and create artificial scarcity. The historical broadcast model emphasized broad distribution and multiple revenue streams through syndication and advertising. The current strategy favors maximizing user numbers and exclusivity at the expense of accessibility, convenience, and product quality.
Read at Electronic Frontier Foundation
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