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Half of Young Norwegians Say Online Piracy Is an Acceptable Way to Save Money (torrentfreak.com)

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A new survey from Norway reveals that 50% of young people under 30 believe that pirating content is an acceptable way to save money. The survey, conducted by Ipsos, highlights that the high cost of streaming services is a key driver behind this attitude. Links between piracy and organized crime or malware, appear to be of less concern.

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[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago

Music artists aren't getting paid.

Companies regularly buy up IP, then leave it unavailable.

No central ability to find things.

All licenses are temporary and have no end date.

Companies are regularly raising rates far beyond inflation.

Lowering quality for a given price, then making a higher price point to get it back.

Adding advertisements and raising rates to get rid of them.

Selling our watching habits.

Or, you can download it and not deal with any of that.

When piracy rates go up, it's because customer service and value has gone down.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah. I stopped pirating for like 3 years because of Netflix having enough content to occupy me (and I had a he'll of a lot more time on my hands then than I do now). Now Netflix doesn't have shit and everything is spread over a ton of services. I can either constantly be changing subscriptions around or pay like 7$ a month for a VPN and have everything..... Hmmm, tough choice.