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Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years (www.fastcompany.com)

submitted 9 months ago by DeadNinja@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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LOL.

We pay for 4K, but we don't get more than 720p unless we use some proprietary shit hardware and agree to their super-invasive "privacy policy" - and they expect people to NOT set sail in the high seas? GTFO..

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[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I generally agree with him, but there are a lot of people who pirate simply because they don’t want to pay. And I’m not casting moral judgment here, i just feel like it bears mentioning lol “almost always” is pretty generous

[-] VR20X6@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago

If that's true on its face, then you're not losing any money either way since they are never going to pay regardless even if you try to force them to.

Meanwhile, you can absolutely scare away what could have been a paying customer by offering dogshit service.

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

That’s never been an assumption you can make.

If you hand me a $10 version of a thing or a $5 option of the exact same thing, I’m taking the $5. Free is no different. Especially when they can do it from the comfort of their home and not drive to a mall to buy the CD or whatever. Remember what year it was when this all started man.

[-] VR20X6@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Remember what year it was when this all started man.

1903 when Edison v. Lubin was filed?

[-] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago

If you’re going to be a smartass then I have no desire to continue this conversation. I am talking about when piracy became mainstream via napster because it became easy for people to get free music.