Why do they keep giving the word “streamers” new meanings??
A streamer is someone who streams, as in Twitch streamers.
But for some reason they started using it about the streaming services and now it’s also the people using streaming services to watch stuff…?Breaking: Streamers renamed Ribbons, totally unrelated streamers are up in arms
Did you know that the word “Run” has hundreds of definitions? Like, more then 600 depending on who you ask.
wow never thought about that!
Is it in the running for most useful word, or have we just run out of words?
I don’t know, they should run some studies on it.
I agree, I’ve always known them as subscribers, not streamers
Let’s discriminate the term further by calling the producer the “stream source” and the consumers the “stream sink”.
We now have “sourcers” and “sinkers”. Thank me later. Or don’t.
That’s the usage you’re familiar with. But even if it was widely accepted at some point, the meaning can change over time. That’s normal, that’s what languages do. If you complain about shit like that, you sound like my 80 year old father.
Right, but part of that process is people thinking some of it is stupid and pushing back. Language isn’t immune to the pressures that form it.
Likewise, just because you know how something works doesn’t divorce you from the causal forces that bring it into being. The language changes because we change it. It’s okay to try to do it actively.
Using it to describe streaming services isn’t new. For example, here’s a Variety article from 2019 that uses it that way.
It begins before you even open the streaming service, since you gotta also decide what the hell service it’s on
Well, yeah, there is just so much junk “originals” on streaming services since the studios think the best way to gain subscribers is quantity over quality.
Back in the day, random bad movies are FUN to watch, but now, they are just bad in a boring way.
I don’t think anybody wants to attach their name to a bad show, people usually want to be proud of what they worked on. But of course, if the ones insists on pushing out as much “”““content””“”" as possible at the cost of people’s passion, treating people as disposable metrics to pump up the number of shows on your streaming service, then passionless “”““content””“” that nobody wants to watch is what you are going to get.
Support the strike, so that there is a possibility that after all this, people can refind their passion and make good, sincere, and human things again.
This is why I like star trek. Finished watching TNG? Better watch DS9 again. Finished watching DS9? Well I haven’t seen Voyager in a while. Done with Voyager? Well I haven’t seen TNG in a while
Please stop calling streaming services, “streamers”. That term already refers to people who livestream. It’s not cute and it’s very confusing and annoying to hear about how the MPAA or SAG-AFTRA rail against “streamers” when the average streamer probably makes below $1k a year (if they’re making anything), has no employees, and is likely doing their best to entertain a small group of viewers for 3+ hours, live, and without a script.
Oh wait, you’re not talking about that kind of streamer, you’re talking about the one that serves other people’s videos on demand and makes billions a year, all while paying their employees like shit, pledging the bankrupt unions and driving people to piracy.
As someone who thinks a lot of twitch streamers are funnier and more entertaining that 90% of the trash released today, please don’t dirty the term.
“Streamer” has been a widely-used entertainment-industry term for streaming companies for years. It’s not a new thing people are making up to be cute.
Why not just ‘viewers’?
This is the same issue i seem to have with Game Pass. All scrolling, no playing.
I’m starting to just choose something that look good on the cover as quickly as possible and we where that leads me. Because I used to have the same issue. I have to say, this method has been good to me.
Same issue with my Steam library
Broke out of this habit by forcing myself to have a handful of games I’m playing concurrently. Some that are right up my alley, others that are gems from outside of my typical interests, a few that are flyers. I try to pick from that group first before going to the libraries…but mainly because my library is out of control and everywhere. One thing that helps is Playnite as a launcher…that keeps all your libraries in one place and makes it really easy to manage.
Well not anymore. I cancelled most of them, and I suspect more people will do the same eventually.
In other news, record amounts of filler & dreck being endlessly firehosed onto streaming services.
Does anyone have a tool they recommend for choosing a movie to watch with friends? We usually spend ~30 minutes trying to find something everyone’s interested in watching that none of us have seen before.
I use a tool called Series Guide (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.battlelancer.seriesguide) to track the various series i am already watching/interested in. But for movies generally we add the to the list and then choose from it if we fancy a film. But I suspect as it’s usually just the two of us that’s an easier decision.
Even though I pay for a handful of streaming services I’m subscribed via RSS to a pirate scene releases log. If something catches my eye, which doesn’t really happen all that often, I add it to Radarr which downloads it to my home server / Plex. Other times me or my girlfriend add movies to Radarr due to word of mouth or some other reason.
This library is basically stuff we have an interest in watching so when we’re up for watching something it doesn’t take long to choose.
Gotcha yeah thnx, Plex + *rr apps are also what we use. We just spend ~30 minutes browsing Plex titles and collections 🤣
you know, I’ve got 2K movies on my jellyfin server, along with about 6K episodes. it takes me FOREVER to find something. Endless entertainment, and i still can’t find shit to watch.
Plex has a random button for movies and TV so often my friends/family and I will play a game I like to call the random game.
Everyone gets 1 veto, and any movie can be skipped by majority vote. Just keep hitting the random button until something sticks. Eventually you’ll hit a movie to watch, and it’s never failed to be a good time.
Bonus game is try to guess the movie first - unfortunately I usually win because I put the movies on there so I know the approximate list of options.
How much storage space do you have??
20TB. Small by comparison to some people.
This seems purposeful. Keep people looking instead of watching stuff so they have to spend more time on the platform and stay subscribed.
That’s why I don’t have any subscriptions running atm. I sub one month and watch the thing I want to. After that I’m tone again.
Just wait and see how streaming services will give special discounts for 24 month subscriptions in the near future. After VPNs and password sharing the monthly subscriptions will be the next thing that falls. Then we’v gone full circe to cable.
Meh, I don’t think cable will make a comeback, either. My roommate is a boomer and she still watches cable TV, and I can’t even stand to be in the room when it’s on.
I’d just watch nothing if streaming platforms were taken away. I’ll never go back to cable format.
I’m not a boomer. I’m only 36 and I have YouTube Tv which is just like cable.
I’ve met other people recently who switched to cable from streaming too. DVD’s are also making a comeback.
Maybe you can’t stand it but some of us love it. Feels like its still 2004 at my house.
You love the constant ad breaks and lack of ability to watch what you want when you want?
I watch what I want when I want. DVR is still a thing lmao
Dvr is also a slave to cable schedule. You have to remember to record things, etc. Streaming is superior in that reguard.
No? I set a show to record and its there forever.
edited to add: unless you don’t know what you like? I mean, I like something, I record it. Then I can watch it. Super easy. no scrolling.
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Rather do that than waste time watching commercials on cable every day
Nobody’s had to watch a commercial since Tivo came out in 1999.
some commercials are so good though.
