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> provides a way of paying for convenience That's the problem: 10 bucks a month, ad supported or simply torrenting...it hardly matters unless people keep buyin
by thirdsun 11y ago
> provides a way of paying for convenience
That's the problem: 10 bucks a month, ad supported or simply torrenting...it hardly matters unless people keep buying (not renting) content. You're not going to save any artist who depends on it, no matter how good you feel about your legally flawless Spotify subscription.
Furthermore I don't see how the availability through torrents is of any importance - with the same argument we might as well stop paying for any digital goods...including software, apps, you name it.
- pjc50 11y agoPeople do stop paying. Moral heckling doesn't work. Trying to guilt people about artists doesn't work. Prosecution looks absurdly heavy-handed and costs more than it brings in. How are you going to get people to pay? And how are you going to compete with the ever-increasing amount of free content out there, using up people's finite leisure time?