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Platforms wonder why piracy is spiking (7news.com.au)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PremiumNick@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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It's not even surprising anymore platforms do this & act all Pikachu face why piracy is spiking

Netflix & all these streaming platforms have completely lost touch & they will lose more customers in the long run

To quote Gabe Newell on Piracy

"We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable."

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

I feel like what I used to be back in 2006-2010, mr. family pirate, although most of my family is glad to pay for one or two services, mostly Amazon prime, which is one of the cheapest. I let my Netflix account cancel from lack of pay some 6 months ago, nobody called me yet.

Earning money in BRL and lots of stuff having a base price in dollars doesn't help us much either.

[-] beaxingu@kbin.run 2 points 1 year ago

invest in a nas instead of subscriptions.

[-] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

The pikachu face is capitalism working as intended, instead of the corrupt capitalism they’re used to with regions of the world carved up/tariffs/government buying the product if you’re having a bad year.