For a moment, it seemed like the streaming apps were the things that could save us from the hegemony of cable TV—a system where you had to pay for a ton of stuff you didn’t want to watch so you could see the handful of things you were actually interested in.
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It all comes down to greed and enshitification in the end.
Partially greed, sure. But at least partially, I’d assume it’s also the rising production costs. Tv shows nowadays have production levels comparable to movies just some years ago.
Which is completely unneeded. Just look at all the amazing content on Nebula (or the respective YouTube channels) for incredible content for incredibly low production cost.
Nebula?
alternative streaming service started by youtubers. super high quality content. costs like 15 bucks a year.