SorteKanin comments on Subscriptions Are Ruining Our Lives. Here's Why They're Everywhere Now.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 8 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

I get the sentiment but this is not really an option most of the time if you want to stick with lawful methods. For instance, I cannot watch most movies or TV series these days without a subscription to some service.

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Uh, how? I mean you'd need to make it legal I feel like. But that's never going to happen and I honestly don't think that's fair either. If piracy is legal, how would content creators actually be paid?

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 points 2 years ago

most of the cost of [anything] goes to publishers, not the creators

My edit obviously. It does feel like that though. I pay Netflix, not the people making the movie. For games it is at least a bit better - I pay Valve (Steam) and the publisher but at least some of it goes directly to the devs. But it could be better still I suppose. But I'd honestly be okay if we got a Steam-like platform for series and movies where I could buy the ones I want without any subscriptions.

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[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 1 point 2 years ago

When enough individuals ignore a law, it becomes soft nullified. For example, everyone doing ~30 over the speed limit. Even the cops where I'm from will tailgate you if you're not going fast enough.

I salute non-VPN'd torrenters. Thank you for your service.

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