Disney Ditching Netflix Keeps Piracy Relevant (torrentfreak.com)

Yesterday, Disney announced its intent to pull its movies from Netflix and start its own streaming service. This upset many users across the web as the whole appeal of the streaming model becomes diluted when there are too many "Netflixes." TorrentFreak argues that "while Disney expects to profit from the strategy, more fragmentation is not ideal for the public" and that the move "keeps piracy relevant." From the report: Although Disney's decision may be good for Disney, a lot of Netflix users are not going to be happy. It likely means that they need another streaming platform subscription to get what they want, which isn't a very positive prospect. In piracy discussions, Hollywood insiders often stress that people have no reason to pirate, as pretty much all titles are available online legally. What they don't mention, however, is that users need access to a few dozen paid services, to access them all. In a way, this fragmentation is keeping the pirate ecosystems intact. While legal streaming services work just fine, having dozens of subscriptions is expensive, and not very practical. Especially not compared to pirate streaming sites, where everything can be accessed on the same site.

Comments

Re:Provide feedback to Disney

[l0n3s0m3phr34k]

"appropriate person" is /dev/null as far as Mickey is concerned.

Re:Shame

[stealth_finger]

Disney, in a sense, effectively pirated the public domain. As far as I'm concerned, turnabout is fair play.

I pirated the last two star wars films from them and still felt ripped off. I'll probably pirate the new ones just to delete them.