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Netflix axes its $10 ‘Basic’ plan in the US and UK
(www.engadget.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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Generally it's agreed the best way to stop piracy is by offering a more convenient alternative. I generally for example don't pirate video games available on Steam. With streaming services being so disjoint and expensive now I've gone back to pirating, at least with cable you can bundle channels.
Yep, and when netflix took off piracy took a dive because of how good it was. Then every studio decided they wanted their piece of the streaming pie so pulled all their content off netflix and released their own streaming service, so now we're basically back to having to pay $100 a month to get access to everything, just like we were with cable before netflix changed the game. Shockingly, piracy has shot up again.
These companies are so stupid and greedy.
The only games I'll pirate are ones that are no longer available to buy, because what else am I supposed to do?
It's morally positive to pirate games that are no longer available for sale. Piracy is stealing, but in this case, you're stealing from the void so there's no harm done, and preserving the game is a morally good thing to do.