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1. oldsklgdfth · 1789997342 · focus · HN ↗

   Working in video ads has validated that I basically never pay for video or music services. 90% of dev time is spent optimizing the monetization path while the playback path needs to be good enough.

   Anecdotally, appleTV never remembers which episode I was watching or the timestamp in the episode. I'm def not paying for the opportunity to yell at my TV.

   That said, IMO this is the only business model for streaming companies and content owners to see bucketloads of money, so it sticks. Also, free tier makes for easy entry.

   But I would gladly pay $10/month for a seamless streaming experience (app and playback) where I just select a couple of titles at a time. Similar to the mail version of netflix, but without snail mail.

   At this point, streaming a known catalog is a text-book system, albeit expensive in terms of distro and bandwidth.

   1. tehwebguy · 1789999447 · focus · HN ↗

      > I'm def not paying for the opportunity to yell at my TV.

      That’s what all cable news, reality TV, game shows and sports channels are!

      1. alt227 · 1790004257 · focus · HN ↗

         These days I feel like I get much better value paying for cable with hundreds of channels than I do any streaming service.
      2. oldsklgdfth · 1790015319 · focus · HN ↗

         In my experience, I'm usually revising TV shows and movies that I enjoy.

         Say I want to rewatch the office or snatch. I just don't have the patience for the dongle to wake up and refresh all the banner ads, then the app to load, then get ads.

         I should appreciate how far technology has come that a tiny computer is running off 10W to connect to the internet to watch and listen to anything I can imagine. But in that moment, I just want it to work as smoothly as turning on a dvd player.

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