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Why I Hate Streaming: The Plans
Streaming was supposed to make things more convenient and cheaper to access libraries of shows and movies. But what once started off as a much needed improvement over commercial television has now become an uroboros of media production and corporate greed. Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Max, and Paramount Plus are currently the top…
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The New Language of the Internet: Streaming Capitalism
Microsoft buys Activision. ViacomCBS becomes Paramount. Sony buys Bungie. The CW is to be sold. What do all these things have in common? Corporate consolidation and merging? Yes. Absolutely. It’s evidence of a further monopolized media landscape, but these moves also point towards something else: the future of media consumption is to be done via…