A study has found that more than half of Gen Z cancels and renews streaming subscriptions based on the availability of one TV series or film.
  • GhostFace@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    3 minutes ago

    And these services are mad cause it’s so cheap for us to do that. Subscribe when the full seasons are out, binge watch what you want, leave.

  • quarkquasar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    4 hours ago

    They have no money, and they’re going to have to live with the result of choices made long ago by wealthy people who are dead now.

    I wouldn’t be doing a damn thing if I was them, except maybe riot.

  • dan@upvote.auEnglish
    1·
    4 hours ago

    If they just care about one title, why don’t they buy just that title?

    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      When you can buy a movie for $20 that’s not bad.

      When you’re watching a season of a newish show, that’s often closer to $100. A tv show with 5 disks often likes to pretend it’s worth 5 movies. Also the latest content is often not available on disk until well after it’s “aired”

  • canniest_tod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    7 hours ago

    Am I supposed to be mad about this? The only jobs available to most of them basically constitute slavery.

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    11 hours ago

    Funny way of saying “half of Gen Z are not falling for the typical consumer spend spend spend trap”. And as a millennial I say good for them. About time large chunks of people see the consumption driven economy game for what it is.

  • RagingRobot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    7 hours ago

    They probably would do those things if they could afford to live comfortably and had a little extra disposable income but in today’s world every time you turn around someone is screwing you out of money. There isn’t anything left for fun stuff. Especially when the fun stuff company is doing some of the screwing lol

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
    211·
    10 hours ago

    I cannot upvote a paywalled source

    yes, blurring the article if you don’t disable ad blocking is a paywall

      • blargh513@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        10·
        9 hours ago

        People will do just about anything but use Firefox. Whatever, I love Firefox + Ublock Origin. I cannot imagine being a chump and rawdogging the internet will all the ads and bullshit.

        • Jo4ted@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          I haven’t seen an ad in 3 years, and I haven’t wanted to see one once in that timeframe.

        • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          Go ahead and check out what shows up on the Edge start page when you first launch it on a new profile/fresh Windows install. Pay close attention to specifically which shortcuts and news stories they present to you by default.

  • galaxy_nova@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    10 hours ago

    Proud subscriber of dropout tv and they 100% deserve it. Everything else I mooch off someone else lol. But tbh the majority of stuff I watch are on dropout or Apple TV tbh.

      • galaxy_nova@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 hours ago

        I don’t know either dropout cured my depression! /s but it’s very much my sense of humour. Highly recommend game changer, and if you care for ttrpg actual play stuff starstruck odyssey is some of my favorite stuff.

  • Zink@programming.devEnglish
    221·
    12 hours ago

    Pfft. I’m in my 40s with an established engineering career and a small home that I’ve owned for 18 years now.

    I am also not paying for any streaming services I can avoid, not buying many games, sailing the high seas, and our cars are like 13/14 years old.

    Because shit is crazy, especially being in the US. I am keeping my world small and focusing on my family and my community.