I just don't understand #TV anymore.
As a family we've watched many seasons of American Ninja Warrior. Bought them from Google Play or watched older seasons on #Netflix.
Now you can't get it on either of those methods in Canada.
Only via #CTV (owned by #Bell but for SOME reason you can't get it on Bell's #CraveTV) and you can only stream from CTV if you have a cable/satellite subscription.
So what? I'm left with 0 legal options to watch this?? WTF. 😡
This is happening to more & more shows.
I'm really mad. Because I make a concerted effort to pay & legally source the media we enjoy.
But time & time again it feels like a huge FU to Canadians.
My husband flippently says "can't you just torrent it?" But the point is that I don't want to & I *try* not to.
But the convoluted, country-gated streaming licence shenanigans make it an absolute chore to do things legally.
Even when I can get things, I have to use a database app to track each show, which season we last saw & which platform it's on.
For real how does the industry not see that this pushes us away from #TV to things like Youtube & Twitch?
Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)
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