• UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I love how everyone here are just saying to pirate. I wonder if someone made one streaming platform to rule them all. I’m talking no ads, no missing parts, no extra fees, no shitty quality streams. Would people still pirate, as they just bearly reached what piracy offers, or would ppl just be happy that they can pay and then actually watch shows?

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      1 year ago

      Steam made buying games and making them run on Linux so easy I no longer pirate games. So yes I probably would

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      1 year ago

      Netflix used to be that and everyone bought the hell out of it. Then it enshittened and all the shows moved to proprietary platforms and now you need 19 subscriptions to get a selection of shows you care about. No thanks.

      There are powerful lessons to be learned from the successes of Steam and Spotify if only the relevant people look and listen.

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      1 year ago

      For games, I still pirate them for a couple of reasons, one of them being monetary. However, if the game is good, I buy the game afterwards to support the developers, and if it’s bad, they won’t see a dime from me. I might be a pirate, but I have honor.

    • J4g2F@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      When there was basically only Netflix I paid for it and almost completely stopped pirating. Now I have acces to Netflix, Disney, prime(Disney and prime by password sharing) and I again started pirating years ago.

      I for sure pay €20 for one service with almost everything, no ads and decent quality. Then I again stop pirating