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The people who do this aren’t technologically “literate”. I don’t like using that phrase because it sounds judgy. I work with people like this. Their main computing device is their smartphone.
If this sounds foolish, it’s not really. These people struggle to make rent due to low wages in the area, so a laptop is “nice to have” but not a necessity. They’re also too time-poor to grab a used laptop or something and figure out the best way to hook it up to their tv and get the content they want. Why bother, their play station/xbox/smart tv already has Netflix or whatever.
I tried showing someone NewPipe for their android phone and I thought they were going to call me a witch or something. They didn’t trust me, and installing fdroid seemed sketchy to them so they didn’t do it. I can’t say I blamed them honestly.
Sony is awful, people should be able to use things they pay for.
I wouldn't say tech illiterate so much as ignorant or they truly don't care.
Unlimited plans and monthly financing means even a homeless person can get a really decent phone with great service. I'm surprised when I see anyone with more than a phone or tablet.
ISPs won't even upgrade services is low income areas because no one buys internet service. They just don't need it.
I've worked in IT for over 26 years, have my own Plex server in my home (that's also connected directly to the TV in my living room via HDMI), and own and use several laptops.
Still, I've "bought" a number of movies from Microsoft largely thanks to the fact that I can sync them to multiple services using Movies Anywhere and because they were basically "free" to me because Microsoft kept giving me $5 gift cards randomly for a while there and I couldn't think of anything better to use them on at the time.
I'd still be upset if they suddenly decided to yank those titles out of my library even though I don't really rely on them as my only option to watch those films.