▲ 49 ▼ Streaming was supposed to stop piracy. Now it is easier than ever (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by cccc@aussie.zone to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments Slightly older (2021) article I found while searching for this place. It pretty much says what we’ve all been saying.
[–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 years ago (3 children) Maybe people would be be less inclined to pirate if the economy wasn't so fucked up. Why would anyone spend money on entertainment when they could barely afford living expenses? (Other than the threat of lawsuits for copyright infringement) permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] hyde@lazybear.social 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) @IsThisLemmyOpen @cccc plus the fact you need 5+ accounts on different platforms if you want to find everything you want. Even then, you won't find old movies I guess permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago And if you're interested in Movies that are not English, you're basically fucked. permalink fedilink source parent [–] superdurt@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago This. Even if you have all the streaming services available, there still will be some obscure content that I watched years ago that is nowhere to been found. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 3 years ago* And companies don't do stupid things like half-assed video game ports or beta versions being released as final versions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) where are you from? I'm from Italy and in 2023 people can only eat if you've two working family members and can barely feed children permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) The "richest" country in the world, even though the quality of life isn't really that rich for the average people. (I'm talking about the United States of America, of course.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) and here I thought people were living a nice life over there. I heard plenty of people move from IT to US. Health system sucks tho, that's for sure permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago I mean, honestly, the US isn't that bad when you compare it to the entire world, it's only when you compare it amonst other developed countries, that you find it very low tier. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hyde@lazybear.social 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) @IsThisLemmyOpen @cccc plus the fact you need 5+ accounts on different platforms if you want to find everything you want. Even then, you won't find old movies I guess permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago And if you're interested in Movies that are not English, you're basically fucked. permalink fedilink source parent [–] superdurt@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago This. Even if you have all the streaming services available, there still will be some obscure content that I watched years ago that is nowhere to been found. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago And if you're interested in Movies that are not English, you're basically fucked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] superdurt@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago This. Even if you have all the streaming services available, there still will be some obscure content that I watched years ago that is nowhere to been found. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 3 years ago* And companies don't do stupid things like half-assed video game ports or beta versions being released as final versions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) where are you from? I'm from Italy and in 2023 people can only eat if you've two working family members and can barely feed children permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) The "richest" country in the world, even though the quality of life isn't really that rich for the average people. (I'm talking about the United States of America, of course.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) and here I thought people were living a nice life over there. I heard plenty of people move from IT to US. Health system sucks tho, that's for sure permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago I mean, honestly, the US isn't that bad when you compare it to the entire world, it's only when you compare it amonst other developed countries, that you find it very low tier. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) The "richest" country in the world, even though the quality of life isn't really that rich for the average people. (I'm talking about the United States of America, of course.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) and here I thought people were living a nice life over there. I heard plenty of people move from IT to US. Health system sucks tho, that's for sure permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago I mean, honestly, the US isn't that bad when you compare it to the entire world, it's only when you compare it amonst other developed countries, that you find it very low tier. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) and here I thought people were living a nice life over there. I heard plenty of people move from IT to US. Health system sucks tho, that's for sure permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago I mean, honestly, the US isn't that bad when you compare it to the entire world, it's only when you compare it amonst other developed countries, that you find it very low tier. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago I mean, honestly, the US isn't that bad when you compare it to the entire world, it's only when you compare it amonst other developed countries, that you find it very low tier. permalink fedilink source parent