Comment on Opinion: It's time for a proper Steam-type service for TV alongside streaming exists.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 week ago
this is kinda what apple tv does… i don’t really use the buy feature, but you can buy most TV series (eg stargate sg1 is $30/season, or $180 for the “box set”, strange new worlds is $27/season - prices in aussie dollars)… movies you can either buy or rent
not sure about geo restrictions or anything though
i’m not necessarily suggesting this as a good option for everyone, however it’s an option that exists so production companies have agreed to go this route with a lot of their content at least once before
afaik apple tv does exist on non-apple platforms these days too
Skavau@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Yeah, but you don’t “buy” buy them proper. They’re like digital renting.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 week ago
that’s the same as steam
Skavau@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Well kinda, except if I wanted to do I could just extract the datafiles from steam and then get crack if the worst happened.
Plus Netflix/Amazon/Apple remove content all the time and thus terminate people’s access to stuff they’ve bought on there.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 week ago
afaik the apple buy content isn’t removed in the same way as streaming service content is