• yuri@pawb.social
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    4 days ago

    yeah, but folks who are already bought into traditional social media aren’t making that same assessment.

    why would anyone pay for streaming when you can get it all for free? i certainly don’t get it, but streaming services are wildly successful nonetheless.

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      4 days ago

      @yuri
      Funny, that’s the example I always use, too. I watch whatever I want, when I want, for absolutely free except the cost of a VPN and the one-time purchase of a home server, thanks to plex and bittorrent. I can’t code, I don’t know what a secure socket layer is, I can just follow directions.

      And it’s depressing that people pay for these things basically because they abhor the idea of learning anything that takes a little patience.