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Don't kid yourself. The users of Kodi have always been using it to watch their own pirated media collections. They just weren't using streaming services, so t

Don't kid yourself. The users of Kodi have always been using it to watch their own pirated media collections. They just weren't using streaming services, so there was a higher barrier to entry. Now that it truly is a one stop shop for pirated media access, it's reached the primetime.

thirdsun 10y ago
> Don't kid yourself. The users of Kodi have always been using it to watch their own pirated media collections. Yes, me included. I think that's an entirely different discussion, but let me just point out that I love to buy content that I own. I do it with music all the time. Buying about 5-10 lossless digital albums is a weekly habit for me. I can't do that with movies since content creators / publishers don't allow me to buy that kind of content in a digital, DRM-free format I truly own. - It has to be DRM-free as I want to play it with my media player of choice and possibly long after the service I bought it from may or may not be around any longer. - While I don't care for the physical medium and would prefer to play the movie in Kodi, it could be Bluray if it wasn't for the long delays between theatrical release, US Bluray release and the release in my country. I don't care for localization. I require the original audio track / language. I'm not content with the delay between US Bluray and local Bluray release while the movie is already available on torrent sites. Bottom line: I'd gladly pay for movies if it was as easy and consumer friendly as buying music.
- mulletbum 10y ago
  Same. I don't buy it, but I pay for both Spotify and Apple Music. But I will not get the same from Netflix. I have to get Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc. just to get back to what I actually want. I am not saying Spotify has absolutely everything, but it is so close to everything I don't have to worry too much. I don't even pay for Apple music because they have different content, I only do that because it works better in my car and spotify works better with Echo.

thirdsun 10y ago

> Don't kid yourself. The users of Kodi have always been using it to watch their own pirated media collections. Yes, me included. I think that's an entirely different discussion, but let me just point out that I love to buy content that I own. I do it with music all the time. Buying about 5-10 lossless digital albums is a weekly habit for me. I can't do that with movies since content creators / publishers don't allow me to buy that kind of content in a digital, DRM-free format I truly own. - It has to be DRM-free as I want to play it with my media player of choice and possibly long after the service I bought it from may or may not be around any longer. - While I don't care for the physical medium and would prefer to play the movie in Kodi, it could be Bluray if it wasn't for the long delays between theatrical release, US Bluray release and the release in my country. I don't care for localization. I require the original audio track / language. I'm not content with the delay between US Bluray and local Bluray release while the movie is already available on torrent sites. Bottom line: I'd gladly pay for movies if it was as easy and consumer friendly as buying music.

mulletbum 10y ago
Same. I don't buy it, but I pay for both Spotify and Apple Music. But I will not get the same from Netflix. I have to get Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc. just to get back to what I actually want. I am not saying Spotify has absolutely everything, but it is so close to everything I don't have to worry too much. I don't even pay for Apple music because they have different content, I only do that because it works better in my car and spotify works better with Echo.