yeap steam is the best example of a service i'd very happily pay - I've paid LOTS to them and just last month, I downloaded "have a nice death" for yuzu, played 30", loved it and insta bought it on steam. It was 25 euros but having my saves forever and being able to single click install & play is something that I value more.

you don't get to get my money AND fuck me, pick one (netflix, youtube, etc.)

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But Steam doesn’t have everything - because there are holdout publishers that feel they can profit more with their own version.

Oh, look, that’s exactly what happens with streaming, and yet people still use it as an excuse.

[–] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You are not wrong, but in case of videogames, it's not that annoying to have another free app installed. In contrast to streaming where you pay another full price monthly.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

My question, though: Is the annoyance in the many price tags, or the total price?

Because I imagine if Netflix or NetflixLike had gone their (and the streaming community’s) wish of making every show ever available on one universal app, then I doubt they’d still charge $10 a month for it. They’d have cornered the market for all entertainment; $30 would be an absolute minimum for the lowest ad supported tier.

Am I unique in feeling I won’t find every single show interesting, and I’m only going to subscribe to the services I know I might reasonably watch in a month? I’m trying to understand what solution people wanted, even if that’s “Everything, everywhere, all the time, for $10 a month”.