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[–] YoMismo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the deal for this kind of corporations, they make it cheap until you're addicted than they try to steal your money "legally"...

[–] aSingularFemboyHooter@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes that's a tactic, sometimes it's wild optimism, and sometimes they seem content to make a loss every year and prop it up with investment.

I don't know about stealing, they stopped taking money when I unsubbed, now I'm watching shit that somebody else paid to make, while not giving them a penny back!

[–] mihor@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

I was worried for some time that piracy would wither in face of cheap streaming options. Luckily I was wrong, or at least the streaming companies didn't have the stamina to win this war. Arr! 🏴‍☠️