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Dunkey's Guide to Streaming Services

videogamedunkey2 HN recommenders · 2024–2024
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Videogamedunkey's satirical guide to the fragmented streaming service landscape, ending in a joke about how to watch King Kong.

Recommended as a funny but surprisingly accurate illustration of streaming fragmentation driving piracy.

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3 comments from Hacker News

@skeaker2024 · in “Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly”

Yep. This video is played for laughs but I was shocked to learn how much of it was true and not just satire: [VIDEO] Content being fragmented and constantly coming and going is a massive problem for users. Netflix used to be the go-to to find just about any given show or film, but has become a mystery box where the contents change on a near-daily basis. Piracy is reliable and simple instead, and works like Netflix used to: Just search up what you want to watch and you're golden. It has been and always will be a service problem.

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@geerlingguy2024 · in “'Expensive' Streaming Services Are a Key Reason for Americans to 'Pirate'”

"If buying isn't owning, then pirating isn't stealing." And for a great illustration of the complexity of our current situation, see this videogamedunkey video: [VIDEO]

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@j1elo2024 · in “Show HN: I made an app that helps you find where to stream movies and TV shows”

Just like some times we use the "obligatory XKCD" around here, this time it applies more a funny "obligatory Dunkey" :) [VIDEO]

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