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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series (www.theverge.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/television@piefed.social
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[–] 7 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

Yikes...talk about bad at small talk.

That's how I watch TV for the most part too.

Let people enjoy things the way they do. Not everyone needs to "engage with the IP" or whatever else in order to have a good time simply watching a show on their own.

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  • [–] -5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    So like, you never talk about it??

    Never upvote an article about the show returning for another season?

    Never like a meme or a gif?

    If a friend or family member asks you what you thought of the new season, do you lie and say you haven't watched it or do you try and change the subject?

    If you're watching the news and they cut to an interview with the cast do you immediately change the channel?

    If you usually buy bananas at the grocery store but now they're promoting the show, do you go find another grocery store?

    There's a huge chasm between boycotting something and even a little engagement, and every little bit of engagement, even free engagement, reflects positively on the content marketing strategy.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Why do I have to justify my lack of engagement to you. No, I don't do that stuff. I don't buy branded bananas, I don't watch cable tv, and I block ads. I don't recommend TV shows by transphobes in my day to day, as far as I'm aware.

    Honestly, you yourself are probably contributing more to Harry Potter engagement by posting about it on a public forum. All publicity is good publicity, after all. I'm not out here judging you for it.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    How many of those things enrich JK by you watching them?

    How does watching something already produced, given away for free like a TMZ segment, enrich JK?

    We're not buying her shit. It doesn't matter how much related media is consumed. If we talk about it with people who similarly know better than to buy any of it, it's not making her money.

    Besides, if you're paying for HBO for any reason, you're already paying her more money than any amount of talk amongst pirates ever would.

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