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There are large swathes of the population who have no idea what technology is. They see "box that you plug in to your TV to watch free movies" as a technologica
by adrusi 10y ago
There are large swathes of the population who have no idea what technology is. They see "box that you plug in to your TV to watch free movies" as a technological improvement, as in, some kind of breakthrough enabled the free delivery of movies. They're not likely to think about the economics of it unless it's pointed out to them. There's probably a decent number of people who bought this and had no idea it was illegal.
- Aelinsaar 10y agoI can offer anecdote in support of this... a lot of anecdote. My mother's friends discovered that an HDMI cable and their various tablets could let them stream with these "Cool sites with all of this free stuff!". It never even occurred to them that it was piracy. When they thought of "pirating" or "theft", a glossy site that their friends told them about, and that asked nothing of them wasn't it.