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It never ceases to amaze and frustrate me that often I can't even BUY the freaking DVD, or stream the damned thing because "they" decided to not release it on m

It never ceases to amaze and frustrate me that often I can't even BUY the freaking DVD, or stream the damned thing because "they" decided to not release it on my country/region or decided to block my country from accessing their services. Being assholes to their customers is what is killing them, not "piracy".

graphitezepp 9y ago
To quote Gabe Newell "Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem", when pirating is more convenient than buying legally you are incentivizing it on multiple levels.
- toxican 9y ago
  This has proven true time and time again for myself. Steam, Spotify, Netflix, and Sling all lead to the elimination of me pirating media. And I'm a lot more inclined to spend money on the occasional game/album/movie/show that those services don't offer than I was before.
  - spacemanmatt 9y ago
    From the artist's perspective, it's not much different. They don't make much off streaming.
    - toxican 9y ago
      Sounds like a problem between the artist and their label. Clearly the labels have no issue with the money paid out to them for the streaming rights.
kuschku 9y ago
Exactly! Like, you subscribe to Prime Video and Netflix, and still can’t watch even some Netflix shows, because Netflix licensed them exclusively to a TV channel that has no online offering and costs 60€/month. Or you can’t watch Amazon Prime because "you are using Linux with a multi-screen setup, please connect only one screen to watch this content in HD" No thanks. Nowadays I pay for Amazon Prime, and if I can’t get something there, I just pirate. Simple as that. I don’t try to buy it anymore, I don’t even try to get it in another way. If you want my money, provide your content via Amazon Prime, or maybe Netflix (if they ever stop licensing out their own content exclusively to competitors)

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It never ceases to amaze and frustrate me that often I can't even BUY the freaking DVD, or stream the damned thing because "they" decided to not release it on m

by disconnected 9y ago

graphitezepp 9y ago
To quote Gabe Newell "Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem", when pirating is more convenient than buying legally you are incentivizing it on multiple levels.
- toxican 9y ago
  This has proven true time and time again for myself. Steam, Spotify, Netflix, and Sling all lead to the elimination of me pirating media. And I'm a lot more inclined to spend money on the occasional game/album/movie/show that those services don't offer than I was before.
  - spacemanmatt 9y ago
    From the artist's perspective, it's not much different. They don't make much off streaming.
    - toxican 9y ago
      Sounds like a problem between the artist and their label. Clearly the labels have no issue with the money paid out to them for the streaming rights.
kuschku 9y ago
Exactly! Like, you subscribe to Prime Video and Netflix, and still can’t watch even some Netflix shows, because Netflix licensed them exclusively to a TV channel that has no online offering and costs 60€/month. Or you can’t watch Amazon Prime because "you are using Linux with a multi-screen setup, please connect only one screen to watch this content in HD" No thanks. Nowadays I pay for Amazon Prime, and if I can’t get something there, I just pirate. Simple as that. I don’t try to buy it anymore, I don’t even try to get it in another way. If you want my money, provide your content via Amazon Prime, or maybe Netflix (if they ever stop licensing out their own content exclusively to competitors)