[wombat-man]

I torrent too, but I think it makes sense to buy/rent or sub to a service in many cases. Companies look at views and revenue to decide what content to actually make. So, especially for ongoing series that I'm enjoying I want them to keep renewing it.

I subscribe to ad-free versions of services so I don't really run into ads a lot unless I'm trying to watch something live on TV.

[jasonvorhe]

Irrelevant to me. The amount of TV shows I enjoyed that got canned after S01 has burnt me so much that I wait until I know if there's a sensible finale at the end or if it ends on a cliffhanger that'll never be resolved before I even dive into a new show.

[emsign]

Firefly *cries*

[squigz]

> I torrent too, but I think it makes sense to buy/rent or sub to a service in many cases. Companies look at views and revenue to decide what content to actually make. So, especially for ongoing series that I'm enjoying I want them to keep renewing it.

I wonder if any of them track torrent metrics for this reason.

[wombat-man]

If it's not already on a streaming platform it might help them sell it to Netflix or something. But I think they ultimately are a lot more interested in effect on revenue than popularity among pirates.

[venturecruelty]

How did good movies and TV shows get made before the panopticon? How did we get Casa Blanca when there were no Nielsen ratings?

[azkalam]

Success rate in that era was very low. There are thousands of movies from that time that no one cares about today.

[wombat-man]

Casablanca? The only way to really see it then was at a theater. They just bankrolled an A team of filmmakers and actors.

[JetSpiegel]

It was real for the actors, som ehad really fled the Nazis (including the ones playing the Nazis).

[roboror]

>Companies look at views and revenue to decide what content to actually make.

Social discourse is also heavily weighted