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submitted 6 days ago by tkw8@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Tried to support the industry by buying a movie a watch a lot. Well, no more. If I need a pihole just to watch a movie I own, that's ridiculous.

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[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 42 points 6 days ago

I wonder if these people think everyone wants to be advertised to.

[-] natecox@programming.dev 31 points 6 days ago

No, I am 100% certain they know that the vast majority of people don’t care and some people really really hate it, but nobody actually enjoys it.

[-] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 6 days ago

Someone I know who is currently on a pseudoscience and conspiracy theory arc genuinely believes that personalized ads are good because then you can easily buy things you know you'll like

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 days ago

Some people are allergic to researching their purchases

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