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Originally Posted by jfman
Does competition help the end user? All of these middlemen outbidding each other for content drives up costs, not reduces them. With fewer consumers to absorb the costs from. The end user loses the economies of scale that legacy platforms had in driving down prices from studios and third parties, who generally didn’t have many places to go.
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Yes, it does, where choice is plentiful. I think scripted content will always be cheaper on streamers.
Where choice is more restricted (ie sport), it's a different scenario. However, there's a limit to what people will be prepared to pay.