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40% of Americans have quit their streaming services over continued price increases (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by FallenWalnut@lemmy.world to c/PurchaseWithPurpose@lemmy.world

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Nearly 75% of Americans are frustrated that the streaming platform they subscribe to keeps raising their prices. With 40% having cut back their streaming subscriptions in the last three months due to financial concerns and rising costs of living.

These companies continue to raise prices, hoping inertia will prevent most people from switching. This is true not only for streaming sites but also for all these platforms.

We need to move away from businesses that exploit their monopolies and try to get your content or goods directly, where possible.

Some alternatives you can check out...

Media:

Nebula
Dropout TV
Corridor Digital

Music:

Qobuz (buy directly from artists)
Soundcloud (artist-driven)
Bandcamp (buy directly from artists)

The same principle applies to Uber, Amazon and many others.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I bought a subscription to Shudder, as I like horror movies and there really aren’t many in other streaming services.

It’s like they want me to quit. Removing content, they rewrote the app to use custom components that break every accessibility feature, and they’re hiking the price. To give an example, they REMOVED the ability to see what language a movie is in or the genre.

What the fuck? It’s my only US based service, it’s terrible now.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No, they actually do want you to quit Shudder. AMC's been trying to shutter it for over a year now, and I'm surprised it's still up at the moment. They even cancelled JoeBob's show, which was one of the few draws for Shudder overall.