And next, give me each of your fingers. We want to sure its really you! We can’t have you scamming for snacks now, can we?

Damn, this is the perfect meme for Reddit rn

Damn, this is the perfect meme for Reddit rn

Damn, this is the perfect meme for Reddit rn

Inevitable crash of the Streaming Wars, the period of rapid growth is at an end. The pricing was enticing for a reason, because the economy enabled rapid growth in the then new streaming space. Content is still king and investing in great content just got wat more expensive when the interest rates went up. This means the services need to actually become profitable or get out of the game for how expensive it is.

Now it will be a question of what service is able to last, who buys who and what content owners will go back to selling their content to those who remain.

Some more speculations from me:

• We'll see more price increases across the board, and limitations of how you can watch content. (Thanks NF)
• Ad free packages will become more expensive, or might even leave eventually.
• Subscriptions with ads will become way more popular.
• Smaller players like Peacock and Showtime might decide to just sell to who ever pays most and cease operations for their app.
• Netflix and Disney might introduce new subscriptions that only offer a subset of their library

Edit: I think it is also likely that monthly subscriptions will become semi monthly or even a minimum of 3 - 6 months. If that doesn't happen, then series will become even way more spread out in their release dates as is currently the case. (Season 1: The Fall, Season 1: Gradient etc.)

Not worth it imo. Reddit doesn't get any more of my time, if it isn't necessary.

All great apps. I'm leaning more tot Thunder right now, especially since it run both on Android and iOS.

But... When Sync for Lemmy drops i might just start using that again because it's so polished!

Exactly my response too. Like this inexperienced mod takes the sub by playing nice with the admins and the first thing they want to implement is identity verification? Dafaq

Does he know he is a 'Reddit' mod?

Reddit isn't fun

Protip: If you are somewhat skeptical of the Branch integration, you can disable network permission in Android for the Nova Launcher. It doesn't need to connect to anything to work fine generally speaking. Without network permisson, the launcher can't send anything to the internet.

Hey @ruud@lemmy.world, fellow SysAdmin here! Thank you for hosting this Lemmy instance! It's a great place, uptime has been excellent!

I've a question, if you're willing to give your opinion. Hardware is not cheap and eventually it might become impossible to pay the bills to host this instance.

What kind of support model do you envision for the future of this instance? Donations, subscription, advertisements?

Thanks anyway, and good luck to you!

Edit: I see that donations are already optional. Nice! But i'm still curious, so is there other options you've considered for your Mastadon instance for example?

Imagine you're so sad, you create a filter to remove comments of people rightfully calling you out on the internet.

He called Reddit a 'democratic city' where discussions can take place. Well, sounds a lot like he's just a very intolerant mayor who wants to control the flow of discussions when they are about him.

Sometimes i wish that we would have some type of assistent, like Siri or Google's Assistant. Listening and helping you out to remember stuff. Like if privacy would not be a concern, that would be great :)

/c/VeryInfuriating

I was really into it a few years ago, but somehow never finished it. Thanks for the reminder to finish it now anyway