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[-] jonesy@aussie.zone 25 points 1 year ago

We have a history of being very adept sailors, the early days of Netflix where a huge library of content was available on demand for a reasonable price meant it didn't make sense to go to the trouble of taking to the seas because the legal alternative was a better experience. Now that the market is fragmented and you have to pay through the nose to have the same level of variety, it's not surprising Australians are some of the first to jack up.

I would be interested to see if there had been a commensurate increase of ships on the high seas from Australia.

[-] aeternum@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Am Aussie. Been pirating for years. I see no reason to stop.

[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I don’t think this is the reason. I think it is purely because there is nothing new worth watching.

The writers/actors strike means that there will be no new content for at least the next 6 months. All except the most Potatoish TV Viewers have reached saturation point on current content and after COVID, people want to get out of the house and do things, rather than languish at home.

The whole point of Cable cutting was so we could ditch the $60 Foxtel bill and just have our $100 Internet bill. If we have to pay for AppleTV+, Netflix, Prime, YouTube Premium, Stan, Kayo and Binge, it add up to much more than a Foxtel bill.

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