Frustration with modern tech
Alright so I got this genius idea for this software, and I need you guys to hear me out. So basically you get a service that gives ok/decent quality for stuff. In return you give me 20$ a month, all of your personal information, all your data, constant ad spam, impossible to quit when you want, and in general an experience that is a notable downgrade to the original, except for being more convenient. Now that sounds like a bad deal, right? So someone explain to me why this is so common, with so many forms of media? We are living in what I honestly consider to be a horrible time to get entertainment. Subscription services across the world are just getting worse, more ads everywhere, quality is more crap, it keep bugging you for money, my privacy doesn't matter, my data keeps getting sold everywhere, I don't own anything! It's is frustrating to say the least. With all of these subscription services dipping in quality, I been getting this thought what if I were just go back, and I don't mean time travel to like the 90s or something like that. I mean go back to more physical forms of media like instead of using Spotify I use a MP3 player, instead of streaming tv shows, and movies I get a DVD player and collect box sets for shows, and movies I like. Now that isn't to say that I dislike subscription services I believe that it can work. But I feel what separates a good subscription service from a bad one is a lot of factors. For example Netflix it's incredibly convenient/easy to use in fact in some cases you just have to press a single button, and you're on Netflix, but all the downsides of Netflix just outweigh the benefits for me. Yea it's convenient, but when I have to keep worrying about the stuff I like getting taken off the platform for no good reason, or having to pray that my data/personal info doesn't get leaked does the convenience matter anymore? Another thing to note is exclusive shows stuff you can't get anywhere else except for the specific platform, honestly I'm fine with living without it Now I should note that my dislike for the majority of subscription services isn't the main reason why I want to switch back to more physical forms of getting my media fix. I feel that it's more personal when I use more physical media. My grandma used to use a DVD player, and I remember when I pick out a case, and put the DVD in the player it felt more personal. Like yea everybody watch Fat Albert, but I (actually my grandma) owns him. The silly DVD menus that feature bonus content to add on to the experience, which makes it more fun. This is not even getting into music! I listen to music, a lot of music, probably an unhealthy amount of music, but that's something future me have to worry about. As such I use a lot of music apps that left me unsatisfied, and the ads we can't forget about the ads. That was until I had gotten an old MP3 player it was way more inconvenient to pull it out, and hook it up to the computer just to put music on. There was also no Bluetooth on the thing so I had to get used to using a cord again for the first time in years. But I be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it! Similar to the DVD player, the music felt more personal to me using it, as such I didn't skip around as much since doing so would require me to much more time than me pressing one button. Of course I unfortunately lost it so I had to go back to using my phone (Here to hoping I find it one day as I know it's somewhere in my home). This could just be a phase for me, but this thought of going back to more physical media had been in my head for about a year now, and I feel more strongly about the idea with each passing day. So much so that I might go all in when I get a job.