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Online Piracy Almost Died. Now It's More Popular Than Ever. - YouTube (youtube.com)
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[–] 84 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Piracy never got anywhere close to dying. TV and movie piracy dropped a bit when there were decent streaming services though.

Lots of people got used to watching what they want, when they want it. Now that the streaming services have all enshittified, loads of people are turning to piracy because it provides better service.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    In general I agree, but my understanding is that the pirate streams of live sporting events were cracked down on quite hard. There was definitely a dip at one point where the high quality SopCast and Ace Stream broadcasts that had become very popular for competitions like the Premier League (e.g. Bloodzeed) disappeared quite suddenly and weren't replaced with anything comparable.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I get a stellar service from my mate's Plex server that he doesn't charge me to access. If there's something I want, I request it through some automated service he has and within no time at all it's ready to watch.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Feels like there's more to it than that. But yeah, we did believe the ads and want what we were promised.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Speaking personally, it's literally that. I used to pay for Netflix, HBO, Prime and Disney+, now I don't pay for anything.

    The reasons are quite simple:

    • everything got more and more expensive
    • some of the services started pushing ads down my throat even though I paid for them (usually the higher tier)

    So I got back to torrenting + self-hosting (had to migrate from Plex to Jellyfin because even self-hosted solutions are turning to shit).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Oh that's definitely in there, but you feel a kind of resentment and 'why the fuck do i need these people?' On top of it, right?

    plex to jelly fin

    If you pay for it, you do not own it. Only that taken with lead steel or lies is ever really yours.

    Or what's freely given, i guess, but corporations can't do that.

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