#boycott streaming services

[minimalistdigitalism]

Alternatives to Spotify and YouTube (ID requirement)

So I heard people are boycotting YouTube and Spotify because of the ID requirement thing??

Well good on you! Lots of other reasons to boycott Spotify as well (funding military AI, they pay musicians pennies for thousands of streams, their CEO is a billionaire). Here are some alternatives to streaming services:

CDs from the library

DVDs from the library

Mp3 player

Vinyl records

Cassettes

VHS tapes

I imagine if Spotify and YouTube go through with this they will lose a LOOOOOT of users. And I also predict that there will be an increase in physical media sales, which is exciting! Owning your own physical media means that a corporation can't take it away from you.

Your local library is an amazing resource. They usually have a large DVD and CD section. Going to thrift stores is another great option for finding physical media, and plus thrifting is good for the environment! So it's a win-win.

[desire-p4th]

I never believed in the concept of paying so much to watch movies i don’t own. Fuck streaming services

[unapologeticmelancholy]

Instead of paying actors and writers a fair wage, Netflix has just listed a few AI job postings with extremely lucrative salaries on their website. At this point, I thought, I don't wish to support such a greedy and unethical corporation with my own money. The writers are on strike but my subscription is still generating revenue for Netflix even though Netflix isn't making any new content. This isn't exactly helping the actors and writers.

So I cancelled my subscription. I encourage everybody to do the same: cancel your streaming service subscriptions for the time being. Starve them out just as they themselves admitted to doing the very same things to their actors and writers: real people for whom that may even mean starvation and homelessness. See how those executives like the taste of their own medicine.

And if you come back to Netflix within 10 months, you'll be able to restore all your account information, watched shows and all. You don't lose anything. But imagine the impact on Netflix if it rapidly lost a huge chunk of its revenue. It won't even take 10 months for those money-obsessed CEOs and executives to start talking to actors and writers differently.

Money is power. Those companies have that money FROM US. Let's take it away and see what happens.

[vicious-vixen-305]

Disney+ and Hulu plan to raise prices – again. Is it tied to the strike?

The ad-free tiers of Disney+ and Hulu will soon cost $3 more. Here's how streaming subscribers can save money.

I knew they would pass the newly negotiated salaries from the strike onto ME/US! I KNEW IT!

These studios are so f.cking GREEDY! We need to boycott all of them at once!

Looks like I'm going to start watching more Freevee, Tubi, and Plex... the free stuff.... AND increase my social activities...

Here Are All the Streaming Price Increases Coming This Month - IGN

From Discovery+ to Disney+, here's a breakdown of which streaming services are getting more expensive this month (and what other price hikes

They're just greedy!